Sharon Stern Gerstman
Vice-President, 8th District

Sharon Stern Gerstman of Buffalo was elected vice-president of the 8th Judicial District on the Executive Committee.

Gerstman is of counsel to Magavern Magavern Grimm. She concentrates her practice in the areas of mediation and arbitration, and appellate practice.  She previously was the principal law clerk and matrimonial referee for the 8th Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court.

A 31-year member of the State Bar, Gerstman previously served on the Executive Committee as an 8th district vice-president and member-at-large. She is a member of the House of Delegates, Finance Committee, Dispute Resolution Section, and Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section’s Executive Committee. She is co-chair of the Special Committee on Strategic Planning.

She was chair of the Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules and the Special Committee on Lawyer Advertising and Lawyer Referral Services. She previously co-chaired the Task Force on E-Filing and the Special Committee on Lawyer Advertising. She also served on the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors for three years and is a current member of the ABA’s House of Delegates.

Gerstman graduated from Brown University and earned her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She received an LL.M. from Yale Law School.