Dominy Law Firm, LLC

The Dominy Law Firm is a Columbus, Ohio-based criminal defense practice serving clients throughout central Ohio. Unlike general practice firms, Dominy Law focuses exclusively on criminal defense, with particular depth in DUI/OVI charges and serious vehicular crimes, alongside broader criminal defense matters and criminal record expungement and sealing.

The firm has earned sustained industry recognition, having been named a “Best Law Firm” by Best Lawyers in America® for multiple consecutive years in both DUI Defense and General Criminal Defense. Founding attorney Shawn Dominy has been repeatedly listed in both Super Lawyers® and Best Lawyers in America®, holds an “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, and was named the 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America®. Associate attorney Bryan Hawkins has also been recognized individually, including being named one of the Top 10 Criminal Defense Attorneys Under 40 in Ohio and receiving the Avvo Client’s Choice Award.

Beyond the courtroom, the firm’s attorneys are established legal authors and educators. They authored and edited the Ohio DUI/OVI Guide, the Ohio Vehicular Homicide Guide, the Ohio Vehicular Assault Guide, and the Ohio Expungement Guide. Shawn Dominy contributed a chapter to Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases (West/Aspatore, 2012) and a section of Drunk Driving Defense, 9th Edition (Wolters Kluwer, 2021). Their work has appeared in state and national legal publications, and the firm’s lawyers regularly speak at seminars, training other attorneys on DUI/OVI defense, serious vehicular crime cases, and trial advocacy skills.