Daniel W. Gehr

Attorney at Law

"After everything that's happened, you shouldn't have to worry about your lawyer returning your calls."

From the Ohio Supreme Court

Dispute Between Property Owner and Utility Over Easement Must Be Settled by Court, Not Public Utilities Commission
In a 7-0 decision announced today, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that a legal dispute between a Boardman family and the Ohio Edison electric company over the proximity of two structures on the couple’s property to the company’s overhead power lines must be resolved through the local courts, rather than through a complaint proceeding before the state public utilities commission.
Supreme Court Rules Disorderly Conduct Law Barring 'Unreasonable Noise' Is Not Unconstitutionally Vague
The Supreme Court of Ohio held today that a provision in the state’s disorderly conduct statute, R.C. 2917.11(A)(2), that prohibits “recklessly causing inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to another by ... making excessive noise” provides sufficient notice for a person of ordinary intelligence to understand what the law requires, and therefore is not unconstitutionally vague.
Court Rules 2010 Bodyke Decision Did Not Eliminate Judicial Review of 'Adam Walsh Act' Sex Offender Classifications
The Supreme Court of Ohio held today that its 2010 decision in State v. Bodyke, which invalidated part of the Ohio Adam Walsh Act (AWA) as unconstitutional, did not invalidate the statutory petition process by which a sex offender may seek judicial review of his classification.

Client Relations

We don't just believe in protecting your rights in court. We believe in a standard of care for dealing with every client that acknowleges "every case is important" and also protects your right to privacy. Click on one of the links below to read more about our policies.

Client Rights

To zealous representation within the bounds of the law: Different cases sometimes require different tactics. Some cases should be pursued aggressively, while others require a bit more cooperation and negotiation. In all cases, the purpose of our representation is to accomplish your goals. No matter what approach is taken, this office will always maintain the highest ethical and professional standards and will always conduct business “above board,” not only in dealing with you, as the client, but in dealing with opposing parties and attorneys, as well as the court.

To honest and straightforward advice about your case: An attorney has dual roles – both to advocate and advise. Our belief is that it does you a disservice to only act as a cheerleader and tell you what you want to hear. If your case has goals that will be difficult to accomplish, you not only deserve to know this up front, but we believe we have an obligation to tell you of the hurdles you face. This office will advise you of the advantages and disadvantages of a potential settlement, and may recommend a course of action. However, the choice to settle or try a case is always yours to make.

To be kept informed about the status of your case: We know that your case is important to you. It is likely the most important event going on in your life at this time. If you have questions, you should always feel free to ask. When we have important information, we will pass it on to you as soon as possible. Settlement offers, court dates and judges’ decisions are always communicated to you as soon as they are known. While you are always welcome to inquire about whether we have “heard anything yet,” you can feel confident in knowing that if anything important occurs in your case, we will contact you to let you know, without waiting for you to call us.

To a return phone call: Nothing is more frustrating than leaving a message and not having your call returned. We strive to return all calls the same business day, however some late afternoon calls may not be returned until the next day. In most cases, you can expect your call to be returned within one business day. Please understand, however, that sometimes calls cannot be returned because of a particularly high volume of calls or because your attorney is in court or appointments for extended periods of time. We ask that you be patient in waiting for a return call. Repeated calls with duplicate messages within the same 24 hour period will not result in your call being returned any earlier and, in fact, may slow down the process of returning calls.

To confidentiality: Anything you tell your attorney is confidential. It cannot be repeated to anyone else without your consent. But, if you allow another person to sit in on your appointment with your attorney, and the other side finds out, the other person could be called to testify about what you told your attorney – it is a waiver of attorney-client privilege. In addition to communications from you, this office will also closely guard other details of your case from disclosure. For this reason, requests for information from someone other than you will not be honored unless you have notified this office in writing of your consent to release information to a specific person. For your protection, our office always reserves the right to refuse to disclose information to anyone other than you, the client, even if a consent to release information is provided.

General

Daniel W. Gehr, Attorney at Law respects the privacy of every individual who visits our Web site. This privacy policy outlines how we will use the information you provide to us. This statement also will instruct you on what to do if you do not want your personal information collected or shared when you visit the Daniel W. Gehr, Attorney at Law web site.

Individually Identifiable Information

Daniel W. Gehr, Attorney at Law will not collect any individually identifiable information about you such as your name, address, telephone number, or email address unless you provide it to us voluntarily.

If you do not want your individually identifiable information collected, please do not submit it to us. If you have already submitted this information and would like us to remove it from our records, please contact us at the e-mail address or phone number listed at the bottom of this policy. We will use delete your information from our existing files.

When you do provide us with individually identifiable information, we may use that information in the following ways unless stated otherwise: we may store and process it to better understand your case or potential case; we may use it to contact you; and we may use it in connection with employment litigation.

Personal Information You Chose to Provide

1. Registration Information

When you contact us about retaining our services, or ultimately retain our services, you will provide us information about yourself.

2. Credit Card Information

If you choose to retain our services, you may need to give personal information and authorization to obtain information from various credit services. For example, you may need to provide the following information:

-Name
-Mailing Address
-Email Address
-Credit Card Number, including CSC, CVD, CVV, CVV2, CVVC, CVC, CVC2, CCV, V-Code or other security code
-Name on Credit Card
-Credit Card Billing Address
-Business and Home Phone Numbers

3. Email Information

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.

Non-Individually Identifiable Information Collected Automatically

In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not individually identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the Web site from which you linked to our site or advertisement.

Policy Modifications

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to this privacy policy, we will email users who have given us permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.

Whom to Contact

If you have submitted individually identifiable information through the Daniel W. Gehr, Attorney at Law web site and would like that information deleted from our records, please contact us at dwgehr.law@fuse.net, or call us at (513) 737-4347. We will delete this information from our existing files.