NYLON – Geneseo attorney Daniel Magill is now the Village Attorney for Scottsville, the village he grew up in. Magill's predecessor, Peter K. Skivington, was Scottsville Village Attorney for 23 years. Now Magill, who has worked for Skivington for nearly five years, carries the torch. "Although I've been a Livingston County resident for the past six years, I was born and raised in the Village of Scottsville," said Magill. "Frankly, … [Read more...]
Springwater Man to Take Felony Pot Case Back to Trial
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The man who successfully appealed convictions from a 2014 trial is preparing for round two in County Court. Buza and his defense attorney since the beginning, Dan Magill, appeared in County Court Tuesday to declare their intent to have the case scheduled for a jury trial. The Livingston County District Attorney's Office offered Buza 5 years on probation plus court fees and fines if he pleads guilty. He declined. They … [Read more...]
NYS Judges Overturn Springwater Man’s Felony Drug Conviction
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department overturned a Springwater man's 2014 felony and misdemeanor drug convictions for an obscure but important procedural problem at trial. On Oct. 22, 2014, following a bench trial, Livingston County Court Judge Robert Wiggins found Byron Buza, 34, guilty of felony Criminal Possession of Marihuana in the Second Degree and misdemeanor Criminal Possession of a … [Read more...]
Geneseo Lawyer and New Case Law Reduce Man’s Felony DWI’s to Misdemeanor
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A Geneseo attorney successfully sealed an Avoca resident's past record and reduced two felony DWIs to misdemeanors in Livingston County Court on Thursday. Dustin Crooks, 24, was under age 18 when he was convicted of a prior crime, the record of which is now sealed, in Wheeler Town Court, Steuben County. Wheeler did not hold a hearing to determine whether Crooks was subject to youthful offender status, and attorney Dan … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE: Homemade wrestlmania video ID’s Springwater thug
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — One of the three men charged with the armed robbery and imprisonment of a 70-year-old Springwater man was apprehended as a result of the shoes he allegedly wore on the eve of the robbery, which he also wore while filming a homemade movie style wrestling match.Joseph Machado, 23, made a court appearance with his lawyer, Dan Magill, wearing a prison jump suit and sneakers - not the outfit that included the thing that helped the … [Read more...]
Skivington makes bold move in Faraci Lange partnership
GENESEO — The legal community in Livingston County just absorbed a shift with the recent partnering of Jones & Skivington and Faraci Lange LLP to form The Law Offices of Peter Skivington PLLC.The law firm of Jones & Skivington began their practices over 23 years ago when Peter Skivington and J. Michael Jones, who passed away in 2011, teamed up in 1990. Previously Skivingston worked as an A.D.A. in the 80's under then District Attorney Ted … [Read more...]