Amherst Town Court

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Phone	716-689-4200
Map	Google Map
Attorney Advertisement	Warren Redlich 888-733-5299
Mailing Address	Amherst Town Court 400 John James Audubon Parkway Amherst, NY 14228
Street Address	400 John James Audubon Parkway Amherst, NY 14228
WWW Link	http://www.amherst.ny.us/
About the area	Northeast of the city of Buffalo. Amherst is a very busy and vibrant community.
Judges	Hon. Mark Farrell & Hon. Geoffrey Klein
Prosecutors	Erie County District Attorney
Type Of Cases	Lots of speeding tickets on the area highways, and some of the problems of a declining economic area.

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2006-10-30 20:49:33: John Machalski is the Town Prosecutor. This Court has some of the higher fines for vehicle and traffic matters in the area. On more excessive speeding tickets the plea may involve two parking tickets each with a fine over $100. Judge Farell requires that all fines be paid by close of business on the day a plea is taken for a vehicle and traffic matter. Drug Court was pioneered by Judge Farrell in this Court and is often part of a plea arangement for matters involving drug or alcohol use.
2007-08-06 15:45:42: Judge Farrell can be highly unreasonable, sometimes sending people to jail because they didnt bring an attorney on a scheduled court date. Judge Klein, although more reasonable, is a former state trooper and leans heavily on defendants who show any disrespect towards the towns officers.
2007-09-19 05:05:27: traffic officers should be harrassing only the severe driving offenders , & not wasting everyones time & $ on petty violations. this town has enough overpaid,underworked officials.
2007-09-19 13:44:25: traffic officers have lost sight of their ultimate goal of ensuring the peace on the roads from severely erratic drivers. instaead , they seem to be spectators/predators waiting to pounce on minor infractions to generate $ for their holiday bonus.
2007-09-27 21:55:37: FACT ; if moving violations r reduced , town receives $. if not, state receives $.city of buffalo is the only twnshp.that cannot plea bargain, so they tend to issue parking tickets over moving violations. this is why warnings r no longer given to minor infractions...every driver is a PAYDAY.this is also why everyone hates police officers.
2007-10-02 19:02:58: in the supposed safest town in america , it seems as though real crime is non-existent, so the petty traffic cops have to straddle their already overtaxed residents w/yet another expense ; the police mans ball fund aka traffic ticket proceeds !
2007-10-02 19:07:14: internal affair interviews have discerned sociopaths & policeman only differ +1- in their psychological profiles !
2007-10-03 13:13:46: if they r thinking about the case,lawyers can charge their clients $200/hr. while they r on the toilet ! traffic cops can charge a driver $200 for five minutes of work as well. its no wonder neither profession gains much respect from others.
2007-10-03 20:36:45: traffic officers justify their tactics by claiming its human nature to test the laws , & the only way to teach drivers is to hit them where it hurts ; their wallets.driving is no longer a privilege , its a business.where is all this $ going to ?
2007-10-03 20:44:35: due to convenience & time restraints, most people plea down their cases to the town prosecutor [2 parking tickets & driving school] .this translates to the traffic cops being judge & jury.is this an abuse of power ? should any blue collar profession have this much of a god complex ?
2007-10-03 20:55:41: its ironic that the drivers that typically drive below speed limit & ruin the flow are the uninsured being overly obedient.mean-while , the drivers that indirectly pay cops salaries r the ones nickel & dimed to death !
2007-10-05 14:05:53: my drivivng school instructor once told me one traffic fine is a small price to pay for all the occasions u got away with it ... point taken. but what irks me is my tax $ is spent on eight D.O.T. laborers leaning on shovels looking into a hole by the airport . making $42 /hr..complacency breeds laziness. they can build a 10,000 room hotel in vegas in 13 mos., but it takes 4 yrs. to lay a pad of concrete on genessee st..unions r the cancer of america.
2008-03-15 00:46:16: Google Mark G. Farrell and click "Farrell". Read the article on the NY State COmmission on Judicial Misconduct. Seems that Farrell's not perfect, either!
2009-03-09 04:55:01: Which genius is the justice that is so cantankerous, he even fines the less well-off people for not owning good enough clothes? I can't believe some imbeciles would allow that p.o.s. to become a justice. He is mentally unstable, and is a mockery to the judicial system. Does nobody else see that this pompous, authority-abusing, verbally abusive peacock is a not fit to be on the bench? Allowing him to remain as a justice serves to teach the public that authority is held only by the unjust; those who actually belong in prison. It amazes me that those who have the authority to pass judgment, if judged themselves, would probably get the DEATH PENALTY. Why don't we become more aware of these types who try to become justices to protect their illicit behaviors and repugnantly adverse psychology? He obviously has a problem with authority. He is EXACTLY the type who would push a cop to bludgeon him with a baton - think about that. Why is nothing being done to depose him? He should be jailed for 25 years and cavity searched 4 times a day by an inmate.
2009-07-07 04:24:08: Similarly, in 2004, the Commission on Judicial Conduct admonished Amherst Town Justice Mark Farrell for violating judicial conduct rules limiting political activities and contributions, based on various steps he took in an attempt to gain the Democratic nomination for a Supreme Court seat in Erie County. See In re Mark Farrell, 2004 WL 1813745, at 2 (N.Y. Comm’n Jud. Conduct June 24, 2004). Aware that his chances to obtain the nomination hinged on the support of the Democratic Party leader in that county, Justice Farrell acquiesced to a demand by the county chairman to contact members of the county Democratic Committee to solicit support for the chairman’s reelection. Justice Farrell called 50 committee members and spoke to 20 of them on behalf of the chairman. Id. at 1. To further assist and thereby gain the support of the county leadership, he also contributed $7,500 of his campaign funds to the Erie County Democratic Committee. Id. He, too, still serves as a town justice. Elected Officials of Amherst Township, available at http://www.amherst.ny.us/contact/electa.asp (last visited July 12, 2007). The 1988 Reports of the New York State Commission on Government Integrity reinforce the statewide nature and the long history of these problems. That Commission was created by then-Governor Mario Cuomo to address widespread concerns about, among other things, the integrity of the judicial nomination process. See Executive Order 88.1 ¶ 2.7 (Apr. 21, 1987) (charging the Commission with responsibility for investigating “weakness in existing laws . . . regarding the selection of judges to determine whether such weaknesses create an undue potential for corruption, favoritism, [and] undue influence”). Following an extensive investigation that included “interview[s with] approximately 50 sitting and former judges around the state, and more than 60 26
2009-08-23 12:39:33: To the person who has been posting comments ... thank you for your kind words. Unfortunately, some of your comments are too personal and I can't verify details. It's a difficult choice, but I can't publish some of them. They will usually be approved if you don't include people's names.
2009-08-25 16:07:05: Currently our software is not allowing us to edit comments. We can only approve or reject them. We'll fix it soon (it used to work), but it's not there yet.