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Chad Van Horn is one of the top consumer bankruptcy filers in the country by cases filed, per PACER, and finished Top 10 of 456 on Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge as Player 286. The same drive that built a firm from scratch shows up in the courtroom, on camera, and in the community.
The same discipline that builds a championship team builds a law firm.Chad Van Horn
"A kid from Monroeville, Pennsylvania, just outside Pittsburgh, who lost his father early, and built a firm from three employees into one of the top consumer bankruptcy filers in the country by cases filed, per PACER."
He played varsity basketball as a freshman, graduated law school in three and a half years while working full-time, built a firm that is one of the top consumer bankruptcy filers in the country by cases filed, per PACER, and later became Player 286 on Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge. And that was just the opening chapter.
Built Van Horn Law Group with three employees, now one of the top consumer bankruptcy filers in the country by cases filed, per PACER
Including 15 attorneys, across four offices, fighting for clients who need a fresh start
Real people who got a second shot because someone fought for them
Past board chair, Florida Big Brother of the Year 2017
Chad competed on one of Netflix's most-watched reality series. He outlasted 446 contestants, and pledged every dollar of the $4.56 million prize to Big Brothers Big Sisters if he won.
Chad has spent more than a decade as an active mentor to one kid: not just a past board chair title, the actual showing up. When he made the Top 10 on Squid Game: The Challenge, the entire $4.56M prize was already spoken for.
Spirit of Justice Award · Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award · expanded and endowed NSU's pro bono honor program, renamed for the firm. Free legal help for people who cannot afford a fight of their own.
Charity fundraisers · legislative advocacy that raised Florida's vehicle bankruptcy exemption from $1,000 to $5,000 · more than 380 pro bono cases. The work that doesn't make the news.
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