Stacy M. Dominguez

Stacy Dominguez is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in the Orange County office.

Areas of Practice

Stacy specializes in defense of disability access discrimination claims under both the Americans With Disabilities Act and state accessibility standards. Her experience includes defending and providing advice and counsel to restaurants, fitness companies, grocery store chains, home improvement and sporting goods stores, sports teams and venue operators, entertainment companies, the hospitality industry, and owners of commercial and residential properties, with respect to disability access claims relating to websites, physical locations, or company policies. 

Stacy has extensive litigation experience, successfully defending disability access actions and winning defense judgments in favor of her clients. Stacy’s practice focuses not only on all aspects of litigation, but includes consulting on disability access issues to prevent lawsuits, advising on accessibility policies, and implementing policies and procedures to train employees about accessibility laws. 

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Stacy worked for another major law firm's Antitrust Group and spent several years handling general liability matters, including employment law, environmental litigation, professional liability, health care law, construction law, and general negligence defense in both state and federal court. She secured favorable results in complex, multi-party, large exposure cases for her clients. Stacy also performs work on a pro bono basis in matters involving Veterans Affairs, adoption, and social justice.

Experience

• Won jury trial in California Superior Court for bank relating to disability access allegations that its website was not accessible to users with visual-impairments.
• Represented sports team and its arena against season ticketholder in ADA policy action. Prevailed in arbitration. 
• Represented RV Resorts & Campgrounds owner in a single plaintiff federal disability access lawsuit accusing it of architectural barriers at the campground. Prevailed on motion for summary judgment.
• Represented grocery store in a federal action alleging a lack of captioning on the videos on its website. Prevailed on motion for summary judgment.
• Represented nutrient supplement manufacturer in a state lawsuit in which plaintiff alleged that its website was not accessible to blind customers using screenreaders. Prevailed on demurrer because manufacturer did not have any physical locations.
• Represented national home improvement store in state action over alleged architectural barriers. Prevailed on motion for summary judgment, dismissing the case in its entirety.
• Represented a comparison shopping website in a disability access action over the accessibility of the website to blind users. Prevailed on demurrer resulting in dismissal of the online only company.
• Represented hospital in state action alleging that videos on its website were not captioned. Prevailed on motions to compel which resulted in dismissal of case.
• Represented national home improvement store in federal action relating to captions in videos on its website. Prevailed on motion for summary judgment.
• Represented national RV Resort and Campground company in federal action relating to captions in videos on its website. Prevailed on motion for summary judgment.
• Represented automotive dealership in website accessibility lawsuit. Prevailed on demurrer.
• Represented non-profit hospital in website accessibility lawsuit. Prevailed on demurrer.

Honors

Southern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2018, 2021-2025

Articles

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, Fifth Annual Restaurant Legal Summit, "Restaurants’ Conversion to Digital Menus – Consumer Privacy and Access Concerns," November 4, 2021

Events

Memberships

Member, Orange County Bar Association

Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Member, Federal Bar Association

Member, Orange County Coalition for Diversity in the Law

Member, Hispanic National Bar Association