Auricchio Law Offices of Western New York

Do you own a retail store? This week is the peak of shoplifting season. Why? It’s believed that stores have the greatest inventory of high demand items and increased foot traffic. Basically you’re loaded and distracted and crooks know it.

Traditionally DWI Enforcement is at a peak every year over the next ten days. Law Enforcement hopes to deter holiday drunk driving with increased arrests. Make plans now for a ride home. Don’t let drunk you decide. Drunk you is better looking and more funny, but has terrible judgment and driving skills.

Have you been contacted by a law enforcement agency by letter or phone and asked to appear at a certain location at a certain time? Unless you’re summoned or subpoenaed you’ve no obligation to appear. More importantly, when you get a letter, call a lawyer. A competent and skilled defense attorney with enough experience to call their bluff.

Please to be accepting a full docket of new clients again after two years working almost exclusively on one project. From Wills and Estates, Matrimonial and Family Court, Personal Injury and as always Criminal Defense, call today for a consultation.

Do you own a retail store? This week is the peak of shoplifting season. Why? It’s believed that stores have the greatest inventory of high demand items and increased foot traffic. Basically you’re loaded and distracted and crooks know it.

Traditionally DWI Enforcement is at a peak every year over the next ten days. Law Enforcement hopes to deter holiday drunk driving with increased arrests. Make plans now for a ride home. Don’t let drunk you decide. Drunk you is better looking and more funny, but has terrible judgment and driving skills.

New York Daily News Editorial: "Broad new standards protecting the rights of the accused to see and analyze all the evidence against them as early as possible m...ust be written into New York law. As with the administration of justice itself, needless delay is unconscionable." http://nydn.us/2yM1PL2 See more

If you get a speeding ticket in New York State, don't plead guilty. Points on your license can increase your insurance premiums as much as 30 percent over the next three years. Hire a qualified attorney for less than a third of that!

Finished the third and final installment of a lecture series on Client Relations today. Thanks to Paul Dell, Doug Stiller and Joe Terranova who all rode shotgun on a session. Planning another series on "at risk" client's in December!

Interesting article: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx

New York State Bar Associations Guide to Service Animals: http://www.nysba.org/serviceanimalguide/

48% of motorists charged with speeding in New York State Plead Guilty as charged. That's insane. 48% of motorists take the points, surcharges, fines and the collateral damage to their insurance rates, when they don't have to. If you pay a lawyer to handle your ticket, you'll cut the costs of a ticket by half, maybe more. Including the cost of the attorney in that equation.

Happy to announce that I have accepted a position with the Assigned Counsel Program of Erie County as Deputy Administrator for the Criminal Division. My responsibilities will include the training and enhancement of the panel of attorneys that are assigned to provide representation to the indigent in Local, County and State Courts in Erie County, New York. The Assigned Counsel Program provided representation in about 25,000 cases last year. The Erie County Program has earned... accolades from across the state as one of the preeminent providers of mandated representation in the State. I am proud to be a part of this team, and excited to enhance the level of service the Program provides. I will continue in private practice with a limited roster of clients in a limited scope of matters.

A Cheektowaga man was found not guilty of Murder in New York State Supreme Court today. Attorney James Quinn Auricchio teamed with Jeremy Schwartz to defend the client against the Charge of Murder in the Second Degree. They argued there was insufficient evidence of intent and argued the evidence supported a far less serious charge of Manslaughter in the Second Degree. The judge agreed.