THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Melissa Dooher

Melissa Krum Dooher was a member of the Officer Involved Shooting Team at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in Oakland, California. Melissa retired from the DA’s Office in 2023 after 25 years of service as an Assistant District Attorney. She now serves as the Senior Director of Forensics & Litigation Support at SoundThinking, where she manages the team of forensic experts who produce the forensic reports and testify in court. Melissa has extensive trial experience as the sole prosecutor at all levels and served as the Liaison to the Oakland Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, where she was responsible for assessing all OPD homicides for charging and acted as the in-house criminal law consultant for the detectives.