ADMISSIONS AND LEGAL ROLES
Appointed Senior Counsel - September 2015
Accredited Mediator and Arbitrator - 2014
Called to the Bar - November 1995
Admission to practice, Supreme Court of New South Wales - June 1994
Lawyer, Mallesons Stephen Jacques (now King & Wood Mallesons) - 1994
Research Director to the Chief Justice of New South Wales, the Hon. Murray Gleeson AC - 1993
Paralegal, Freehill, Hollingdale and Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) - 1989-1991
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Economics (Social Sciences) (majoring in Government and Economics), University of Sydney 1988-1990
Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours, University of Sydney 1988-1992
Convocation Medal for ‘outstanding academic achievement and contribution to University life’ as President of the University of Sydney Union and member of the Academic Board
Nancy Gordon Smith Prize at Graduation
Phillips Fox John L Mant Scholarship
Tress Cox Maddox Scholarship
Aaron Levine Prize for Criminal Law
Sydney Law Review Editor
Graduate Diploma of Practical Legal Training, College of Law, University of Technology, Sydney 1993
Bachelor of Civil Law with First Class Honours, Balliol College, University of Oxford 1994-1995
Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Scholarship in Law
Master of Laws, University of Sydney 1993-2004
Practitioner’s Certificate in Mediation, Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators 2013
Fellowship and Award Writing, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2014
Harvard Program on Negotiation and Leadership 2014
American University Washington College of Law Program on International and US Anti-Corruption Law 2014
DISPUTE PANEL APPOINTMENTS
Mediator Panels
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Supreme Court of New South Wales
District Court of New South Wales
Asian International Arbitration Centre
Arbitral Panels
Australian Energy Regulator
National Broadband Network (Wholesale Access Disputes)
Essential Services Commission of South Australia
Economic Regulatory Authority of Western Australia
Asian International Arbitration Centre
BOARD ROLES
Dominique is a Director of Natural Hazards Research Australia, the national research organisation for natural hazards resilience and disaster risk reduction. She is a member of the Audit, Risk & Compliance committee, and the Statekholder Engagement working group. Her 2022 appointment followed her work as Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements in 2020.
Dominique also serves on the boards of Australian Cricket’s $115 million retirement investment fund (since 2019), and its new Players Cordon public benevolent foundation (since 2023), where she is Chair of the Governance Committee. Her appointments follow her terms as a trustee director of $3.5bn APRA/ASIC regulated industry superfund Club Plus Super, where she also served on the Audit, Risk & Compliance, the Investments, & Insurance & Claims committees.
Dominique is also a former director of the Menzies Memorial Foundation and the National Foundation of Australian Women.
As a university student, Dominique was elected as a Director and later President of the University of Sydney Union, and a director of Wentworth Annexe Ltd.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ROLES
Australian Academy of Law - Fellow
Governance Institute of Australia - Fellow
International Bar Association - Bar Regulation Committee (Chair) and Forum for Barristers and Advocates (Co-Vice-Chair)
Law Council of Australia - Superannuation Law Committee - Co-opted Member
Dominique was previously a member of the:
Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand Disciplinary Tribunal, 2021-2024 and Professional Conduct Committee 2018-2021
Australian Institute of Company Directors Law Committee 2018-2022
Australian Bar Association Practice Development Committee 2022-2024 (Chair) & Futures Committee 2019-2021 (Chair)
NSW Bar Council and the NSW Barristers’ Benevolent Fund 2019-2020
Dominique is also a past President of:
Australian Women Lawyers 2002-2003
Women Lawyers Association of NSW 1999-2001
ACADEMIC ROLES
Guest Lecturer, University of Sydney’s postgraduate law course Financial Services Law Compliance since 2022
Guest Lecturer, Melbourne University’s postgraduate law course Superannuation Law and Regulation since 2022
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New South Wale’s Centre for Law, Markets, and Regulation, 2016-2019
Adjunct Lecturer, Australian Graduate School of Management’s Executive MBA 2000-2002
Lecturer, Contracts Law, University of New South Wales 2000-2002
Tutor, Constitutional Law, University of Sydney 1995
Tutor, Evidence Law, University of Sydney 1993-1994
Researcher to the Dean & Challis Professor of International Law, Professor James Crawford, University of Sydney 1991-1992
Researcher to Professor John Carter, University of Sydney 1991-1992