Adam VanHo

A graduate of Euclid High School in Euclid, Ohio, Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, VanHo is President of VanHo Law, and Akron, Ohio law firm.[1][2]

Adam VanHo is an attorney in Akron, Ohio.

Prior to starting VanHo Law, VanHo served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Montgomery County, Ohio and Summit County, Ohio. He was also an Assistant Attorney General in the Ohio Attorney General's Office.[3][4] 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 of Denny Ross, litigation surrounding the attempted execution of Romell Broom,[5] and the case of Akron minister Marc Neal. He was also counsel on a lawsuit against Ohio Governor John Kasich and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources over fishing regulations that impact Ohio's 1.2 million fishermen/fisherwomen.[6][7][8]

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.[9]

VanHo has previously been the candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives and Judge in Summit County, Ohio. In 2018, in a heavily gerrymandered district, then-State Representative Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) beat VanHo in the 27th Senate District.[10] During the campaign, in addition to a number of other endorsements, VanHo was endorsed by the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police 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 the Akron Area League of Women Voters.[11] He currently is Vice Chair of the Munroe Falls, Ohio Planning Commission.

References
  1. http://www.vanholaw.com
  2. http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/44308-oh-adam-vanho-537933/aboutme.html
  3. Id.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2012/05/canadian_gill_nets_caught_in_o.html
  8. http://www.outdoornews.com/June-2012/Restraining-order-filed-on-controversial-fillet-rules/
  9. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/01/30/dna-test-leads-to-another-ohio-inmates-release.html
  10. https://www.ohiocathconf.org/Portals/1/Election/hannah-election-18.pdf
  11. http://www.akroncitycouncil.org/Find_your_Councilperson/entry/Tina_Merlitti/
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