D. V. Gedrock, Attorney at Law

06/04/2022

On This Day in History > June 3, 1800:
President John Adams moves into a tavern in Washington, D.C.

"John Adams, the second president of the United States, becomes the first president to reside in Washington, D.C., when he takes up residence at Union Tavern in Georgetown.

The city of Washington was created to serve as the nation’s capital because of its geographical position in the center of the existing new republic. The states of Maryland and Virginia ceded land around the Potomac River to form the District of Columbia, and work began on Washington in 1791. French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant designed the city’s radical layout, full of dozens of circles, crisscross avenues, and plentiful parks. In 1792, work began on the neoclassical White House building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue under the guidance of Irish-American architect James Hoban, whose White House design was influenced by Leinster House in Dublin and by a building sketch in James Gibbs’ Book of Architecture. In the next year, Benjamin Latrobe began construction on the other principal government building, the U.S. Capitol.

On June 3, 1800, President Adams moved to a temporary residence in the new capital as construction was completed on the executive mansion. On November 1, the president was welcomed into the White House. The next day, Adams wrote to his wife about their new home: “I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise men ever rule under this roof!” Soon after, Abigail Adams arrived at the White House, and on November 17 the U.S. Congress convened for the first time at the U.S. Capitol.

During the War of 1812, both buildings were set on fire in 1814 by British soldiers in retaliation for the burning of government buildings in Canada by U.S. troops. Although a torrential downpour saved the still uncompleted Capitol building, the White House was burned to the ground. The mansion was subsequently rebuilt and enlarged under the direction of James Hoban, who added east and west terraces to the main building along with a semicircular south portico and a colonnaded north portico. Work was completed on the White House in the 1820s and it has remained largely unchanged since."
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05/21/2022

07/08/2020

Something worth thinking about.

Wise words from 1776 Scholar and American Enterprise Institute Fellow Ian Rowe.

Ian has spent his career educating and empowering predominantly black and Hispanic youth. What motivates him? "The Power of Personal Agency" [Paywall] ➡️ https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-personal-agency-11592770867

06/15/2020

I don’t know about you but when my parents were rearing me they always told me to be polite to the police, to keep my hands where the officers could see them and not to argue with the officers. If I thought the stop was bogus that was what the courts were for. I found that to be good advise and I always followed it.

12/28/2019

People often talk about Marsy’s Law. Here’s somethings you should know:

If you are a victim of a crime you have the right to:

Fair and respectful treatment which includes your safety, dignity and privacy

Upon request to notice of and the right to be present at all proceedings that involve the alleged accused in your case

The right to be heard in any public proceeding in which your rights are implicated

To reasonable protection from the alleged accused or people acting on his/ her behalf (family or friends)

Upon request to reasonable notice of any release or escape of the alleged accused

To refuse discovery requests made by the alleged accused except as authorized by law (Ohio Constitution)

To full and timely restitution

To proceedings without unreasonable delay

Upon request to confer with the government’s (County or City Prosecutor, etc.) Attorney.

This blog is not intended to be an exhaustive list but rather an attempt to give you enough information so that you have a better idea where you stand if you ever become the victim of a crime. For specific answers to specific questions talk to the prosecutor handling your case.

12/28/2019

Four weeks after the acquittal my client got in the Common Pleas court in Medina another client of mine was acquitted of O.V.I. Another defendant who didn’t do the offense for which he was charged.

10/06/2019

I just won a three day felony jury trial on Wednesday. I’m happy I won because my client didn’t do what he was accused of.