"We put away bad people, Harvey. We fought tough battles and we won. I taught you how to win." "That's not exactly what you taught me, though." "I know that you didn't always approve of the means, but we both know that the end result was always right." — Cameron Dennis and Harvey Specter
Cameron Dennis is a prosecutor and was one of Harvey Specter's mentors along with Jessica Pearson. He was the Manhattan District Attorney whom Harvey worked under as Assistant District Attorney before working at Pearson Hardman. He has questionable ethics and engages in illegal acts in order to ensure that those he personally deems guilty, regardless of evidence, are incarcerated.
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"Guilty is guilty." "That's not the way the system works." "The system is broken and you know it. It's not reasonable doubt. Juries want to be sure without a shadow of a doubt."
In "Rules of the Game", Cameron is accused of and investigated for burying evidence, and Harvey is forced to testify against Cameron. Being his mentor, Harvey is unwilling to help form a case against Cameron, so Harvey asks him to just step down from his position and make a deal with the other side. When Cameron realizes that Harvey's integrity might just make him talk against him, he decides to sell out Harvey to save himself, instead. When Jessica finds out, she uses the information Donna gave her to blackmail Cameron into backing down and resigning.[1]
Cameron is later appointed special prosecutor to handle the bribery and eventual murder charges against Ava Hessington, pitting himself against Harvey once more. However, before a verdict can be given, Cameron settles the case when Harvey and Jessica convince Edward Darby to create a false testimony and have Stephen Huntley charged and arrested for the murder. Additionally, Cameron works with Harvey, Jessica and Mike Ross to have Darby forfeit his license to practice law in the United States, thereby dissolving the Pearson Darby Specter merger.[2]
Years later, Cameron contacts Harvey when he discovers that Harvey is attempting to have Frank Gallo released from Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury because he's a danger to Mike who is incarcerated at the same prison. With Mike suing Sean Cahill for abuse of power over his refusal to release fellow cellmate Kevin Miller from prison, his deal with the SEC to be released is put in jeopardy, so Harvey tries and fails to get Cameron to release Kevin so that Mike will drop the suit. At the parole hearing, Cameron brings in Mike as a surprise witness to Gallo's threats, getting his parole denied. Cameron subsequently explains to Harvey that Mike contacted him to see if Cameron could get Kevin released which Cameron agreed to if Mike agreed to testify against Gallo. Telling Harvey that he puts away real criminals, Cameron reveals that he got the prosecutor in Kevin's case to release him because it's worth it to let a drunk driver out in exchange for keeping a murderer in. As Mike drops his suit, Sean reinstates his deal, but not before Mike sets Gallo up so that he gets five more years in prison.[3]
