Samantha Salamon is a life-long Northfield Center resident, a celebrated Victim's Rights Attorney, and a proud Mom. Growing up in a single-parent household, after watching her father suffer a fatal heart attack, Samantha was instilled with the values of hard work, determination, and empathy.

Samantha attended Cleveland State University on a soccer scholarship to graduate Summa Cum Laude in Social Work and Middle Eastern studies in 2012. She continued her education at Cleveland State to receive her Juris Doctorate in 2015.

Upon passing the bar exam, Samantha moved to Dubai to work as a real estate and corporate attorney. This new journey allowed her to work with clients from all around the world while juggling the challenges of moving to a new country. 

Samantha moved back to where her heart really belonged, Ohio, in 2017. She opened her own law firm where she worked as a criminal defense attorney. While being a criminal defense appointed attorney, Samantha began volunteering at Asian Services in Action, Inc. (ASIA) as an immigration attorney. Soon after, Samantha joined ASIA full time and developed a holistic legal program to give a voice to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Now as ASIA’s Chief Counsel, Samantha has expanded her work with victims, to work alongside the Ohio Attorney General's Human Trafficking commission, the Governor's Human Trafficking Task Force, and multiple other agencies as an expert in various forms of victimization.

Samantha also serves on the Northfield Center Townships Zoning Commission, the Nordonia School Districts Financial Activities Communication Team, the Executive Board of the Family Promise - Summit County, the Chair of the Summit County Collaborative Against Human Trafficking, and the Founder and Chair of the Ohio Victim Services Bar Association.