Sharon Stern Gerstman, counsel to Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP, was recognized with an award from the New York State Bar Association during a dinner in New York on January 25.

The 56th Annual American Bar Association Fellows Banquet honorees include Sharon Stern Gerstman, counsel to Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP.

Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP partner Bruce D. Reinoso and associate Nathan W.G. Berti are advising Magavern firm clients that the 2012 Federal Estate Tax Exclusion amount is greater, reflecting a cost of living increase.

Laurence H. Woodward, a senior partner and chairman of the Estates and Trusts Department at Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP, has been re-elected as Chairman of the Lutheran Church Home of Buffalo Board of Directors.

Richard A. Grimm, III, a partner at Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP, is the newly-elected chairman of the Board of Directors of UNYTS (Upstate New York Transplant Services).