Adam VanHo is an

attorney Attorney may refer to: * Lawyer ** Attorney at law, in some jurisdictions * Attorney, one who has power of attorney * ''The Attorney'', a 2013 South Korean film See also * Attorney general, the principal legal officer of (or advisor to) a gove ...

Munroe Falls, Ohio Munroe Falls is a city in east-central Summit County, Ohio, United States, along the Cuyahoga River. The population was 5,044 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Akron and is part of the Akron metropolitan area. History Like much of the Co ...

. A graduate of

Euclid High School Euclid High School is a public high school in Euclid, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland in the northeast corner of Cuyahoga County. Originally named Euclid Senior High School, it was constructed in 1949 to replace the Euclid Central High ...

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Allegheny College he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת , mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" ( 2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) , faculty = 193 ...

Meadville, Pennsylvania Meadville is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The city is within of Erie and within of Pittsburgh. It was the first permanent settlement in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The population was 13,388 at the 2010 cen ...

(B.A.), the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at

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(J.D.), and the

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(LL.M). VanHo is President o
VanHo Law
an Ohio law firm. Prior to starting VanHo Law, VanHo served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in

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and

Summit County, Ohio Summit County is an urban county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 540,428, making it the fourth-most populous county in Ohio. Its county seat and largest city is Akron. The county was formed on March 3, 184 ...

. He was also an Assistant Attorney General in the Ohio Attorney General's Office. He was also an attorney at the Akron law firm of Burdon and Merlitti. During his career, VanHo has handled a number of high-profile cases, including the successful trial o
Denny Ross
litigation surrounding the attempted execution of

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, and th
case of Akron minister Marc Neal
He was also counsel on a lawsuit against

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Governor

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and the

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over

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regulations that impact Ohio's 1.2 million fishermen/fisherwomen. VanHo also represented Dewey Jones, an Ohio inmate recently released from prison after almost twenty years. The story attracted national and international attention after a Summit County judge vacated Jones's conviction following DNA testing on evidence found at the crime scene. The Ohio Attorney General's Office has since dismissed the charges against him. VanHo is currently representing former White House Press Secretary and Director of Communications

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in a lawsuit brought by her ex-boyfriend and Ohio Congressional candidate Max Miller. In January 2022, he joined over 460 other international diplomats, scholars, human rights and legal experts in calling for a United Nations investigation into the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran. VanHo is a member of the List of Counsel of the International Criminal Court. VanHo has previously been the candidate for the

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and Judge in

. In 2018, in a heavily

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district, then-State Representative Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) beat VanHo in the 27th Senate District. During the campaign, in addition to a number of other endorsements, VanHo was endorsed by the Ohio

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and named a Friend of Agriculture by the Ohio Farm Bureau. VanHo is married to Tina Merlitti, the former Vice President of Akron City Council and the former President of th
Akron Area League of Women Voters
He currently is Vice Chair of the

Planning Commission. He is also the founder of the Raging River Coffee Company.

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