Case Results

In a large number of cases, the goal is not to represent the client at trial – but to avoid being charged altogether. Attorney Adam VanHo has represented numerous clients at the investigatory stage of cases with the goals of helping the clients avoid being charged in the first place. These have involved both state and federal investigations involving a wide range of cases. Some of these cases have involved high-profile investigations or clients, many of whom do not want their names even associated with issues, while others involve attempting to persuade law enforcement not to charge the client or name them in the investigation. In many of these cases, Attorney VanHo is able to help the client avoid being named, charged, or having to go through the additional expense and heartache of a criminal case.

In a Franklin County murder case, Attorney Adam VanHo served as trial counsel for a woman accused of murdering her boyfriend. Attorney VanHo was able to arrange her surrender to and interview with the Columbus Police and persuaded a Franklin County Judge to give the client a small bond. As a result of Attorney VanHo’s bond argument, the client was able to remain free during the pendency of her trial. During the trial, Attorney VanHo was able to demonstrate a pattern of abuse and violence against his client. The trial was covered by a number of Columbus area news outlets. Following a mistrial, VanHo was able to negotiate a severely-reduced charge and punishment.

In a case that tested the First Amendment’s ability to discipline students for statements made on social media and outside of school, Attorney Adam VanHo filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the student’s right to free speech and parents’ rights to discipline children for online conduct if they wish. Attorney VanHo specifically raised concerns about retaliation for political speech made outside of the classroom. In his questioning, Chief Justice Roberts specifically addressed the concerns that Attorney VanHo raised in his brief.

In a case that attracted international news, Attorney Adam VanHo represented former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham in a lawsuit filed by her ex-boyfriend, Congressman Max Miller. The case attracted widespread attention and included VanHo being interviewed by the New York Times on the general subject of politicians behaving badly. Per the records of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, the case was dismissed.

Client Donte Prince was charged with felonious assault, assault and disrupting public services and faced over 9 years in prison if convicted. All charges against the client were dismissed. The judge also took under advisement a request from defense attorney Adam Van Ho for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate the woman, Prince’s ex-girlfriend, who reported the incident to police.

STATE VS JONES

In a case that received national and international attention, Attorney Adam VanHo teamed up with the Ohio Innocence Project and the Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago to represent Dewey Amos Jones III. Jones had been convicted of the 1993 murder of a retired Goodyear worker and was sentenced to life in prison for the crime. After updated DNA testing undermined the government’s case against Jones, a Summit County judge ordered that Jones receive a new trial. Following an extensive investigation that further weakened the government’s case, prosecutors dismissed the charges against Jones weeks before the case was to proceed to the retrial.

STATE VS MCKENNEY

Attorney VanHo represented an individual in Cuyahoga County charged with Kidnapping, Attempted Rape, and Gross Sexual Imposition. Despite threats by the prosecutor to indict the Defendant with charges that carried a mandatory life sentence, following an extensive investigation by Attorney VanHo, the charges were reduced to one misdemeanor count with a short-term period of probation and no sexual registration requirements being imposed against the client.

Attorney Adam VanHo obtained a $4.7-million verdict for a Summit County family that was the victim of investment scammers. The case, which lasted over two years, involved investments in farming operating and land developments in New Mexico and Arizona. The verdict was one of the largest Plaintiff’s verdicts in Summit County thus far this year.