PERSON: Michael van der Veen
Employer
Van der Veen, Hartshorn, Levin & Lindheim
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Founder
Biography
Michael Thomas van der Veen (born September 16, 1963) is an American attorney who specializes in civil litigation and criminal defense. He represented former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in the United States Senate, which resulted in acquittal on February 13, 2021.
Van der Veen was born September 16, 1963, in Norwich, Connecticut. He attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, graduating in 1981. He next attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated in 1985. He attended law school at Quinnipiac University School of Law, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in 1988. He also received an LLM degree in trial advocacy from Temple University School of Law.
Van der Veen has been an attorney since 1988. He is a founder of the Philadelphia criminal and personal injury law firm, van der Veen, Hartshorn, Levin & Lindheim. His litigation practice includes criminal and personal injury litigation. He has represented clients in connection with motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, dog bites, product defects, and police brutality. He has represented criminal defendants accused of rape, drunk driving, drug trafficking, embezzlement, and murder. His other high-profile clients include: The Trump Organization, Brandon “Bam” Margera, Phil Nordo, the estate of Fanta Bility, and numerous January 6 defendants.
In August 2020, van der Veen represented a client suing President Donald Trump, alleging that Trump’s attacks on the U.S. Postal Service were unsupported by evidence. The suit alleged: “These actions... arise in an environment subject to repeated claims by President Donald J. Trump that voting by mail is ripe with fraud, despite having no evidence in support of these claims . . .”
In 2022, Trump’s Save America political action committee paid van der Veen, Hartshorn and Levin $1.4 million in legal fees.
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Van der Veen was born September 16, 1963, in Norwich, Connecticut. He attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, graduating in 1981. He next attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated in 1985. He attended law school at Quinnipiac University School of Law, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in 1988. He also received an LLM degree in trial advocacy from Temple University School of Law.
Van der Veen has been an attorney since 1988. He is a founder of the Philadelphia criminal and personal injury law firm, van der Veen, Hartshorn, Levin & Lindheim. His litigation practice includes criminal and personal injury litigation. He has represented clients in connection with motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, dog bites, product defects, and police brutality. He has represented criminal defendants accused of rape, drunk driving, drug trafficking, embezzlement, and murder. His other high-profile clients include: The Trump Organization, Brandon “Bam” Margera, Phil Nordo, the estate of Fanta Bility, and numerous January 6 defendants.
In August 2020, van der Veen represented a client suing President Donald Trump, alleging that Trump’s attacks on the U.S. Postal Service were unsupported by evidence. The suit alleged: “These actions... arise in an environment subject to repeated claims by President Donald J. Trump that voting by mail is ripe with fraud, despite having no evidence in support of these claims . . .”
In 2022, Trump’s Save America political action committee paid van der Veen, Hartshorn and Levin $1.4 million in legal fees.
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