Frederick Dombo, formerly of O'Connor & Hannan LLP, focuses his practice on ethics and election law. He advises clients on local, state, and federal gift rules, ethics compliance, and investigations. Mr. Dombo also serves as a lobbyist for private and public sector clients on authorization and appropriations issues. He speaks widely on congressional ethics reform issues.
Mr. Dombo combines experience as an aide to Commerce and Appropriations Committee Members with more than a decade of private practice experience to provide clients with cost effective advice on the legal and political implications of their government relations activities.
Mr. Dombo has been active in recent presidential conventions and campaigns, and has supported candidates for state and national offices.
Representative Work
Ethics and Election Law Compliance
Established federal political action committees (PACs) for corporations and trade associations, and remains involved in all aspects of PAC administration and operation.
Established state and local political committees and ballot issue/question committees for corporations and trade associations, and remains involved in all aspects of administration and operation.
Advising corporations and trade associations with compliance with local, state, and federal ethics and conflict of interest laws, regulations and rules.
Presented best practices for dealing with elected and appointed officials, at all levels of government, to chief officers at dozens of corporations and trade associations.
Government Relations
Successfully lobbied on a pro bono basis for the 9/11 legacy volunteer organization myGoodDeed.org. Helped it secure a presidential proclamation and congressional resolution acknowledging 9/11 as a day of volunteerism, as well as commitments from Obama and McCain campaigns to abstain from critical campaigning on 9/11.
Helped multi-million dollar appropriation for a citrus growers association to combat citrus canker disease.
Successfully assisted a town government in retaining an oceanfront parcel of land threatened with federal reversion.
Part of team that obtained several million dollars of appropriations for construction of an environmental cap over a highway expansion project to preserve continuity of an urban village.
Lobbied key Congressional committees and leadership on behalf of corporate and trade association clients in negotiations on the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007.
Represents pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors on an array of Medicare reimbursement issues.
Represents pharmaceutical industry clients on drug safety and importation issues.
Represents the Fraternal Order of Police - U.S. Park Police Labor Committee on labor, retirement, and criminal justice matters.