Shawn R. Dominy

Shawn Dominy is a criminal defense attorney, and the primary focus of his practice is representing clients charged with OVI/DUI and serious vehicular crimes like Vehicular Homicide and Vehicular Assault.

Shawn is a leader in professional organizations. He is the past President of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (OACDL), the state delegate for the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), and the recipient of the NCDD Leadership Award. Shawn is a founding member of the national DUI Defense Lawyers Association and a member of the Ohio State Bar Association (Civics Education Advisory Council and Indigent Defense Task Force), the Columbus Bar Association (past chair of Criminal Law Committee), the Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio, and the Powell Area Chamber of Commerce.

Shawn is a thought leader in defending clients charged with DUI/OVI and serious vehicular crimes. He authored the Ohio DUI/OVI Guide, the Ohio Vehicular Homicide Guide, and the Ohio Vehicular Assault Guide. He also contributed a section of the book Drunk Driving Defense (Walters Kluwer, 2021) and well as a chapter in the book Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases (Aspatore, 2012). He has several published articles, writes regularly for a DUI defense blog, and has presented dozens of lectures on criminal defense and DUI defense.

Shawn completed programs for the Datamaster and the Intoxilyzer breath testing machines and studied forensic gas chromatography (for blood and urine testing) at a course presented by the American Chemical Society. Shawn holds certificates for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration courses in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement, and Instructor-DWI Detection and SFSTs.

Shawn is a lifelong resident of central Ohio: he graduated from Olentangy High School and earned his bachelor’s degree and juris doctor from The Ohio State University. His office is in Columbus, and he lives in a Columbus suburb with his wife. Shawn serves at local community service organizations, volunteers regularly at his church, and plays regularly with his German Shepherd.