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| | Address | | 1100 Rand Building, 14 Lafayette Square | | Buffalo, New York 14203 | | (Erie Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 716-856-3500; 800-366-2603 | | Telecopier: 716-856-3390 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.magavern.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice. Trials and Appeals, Corporate Law, Taxation, Trusts and Estates, Probate, Health Care, Real Estate, Creditors Rights, Canadian Commerce, Municipal Law, Industrial Development, Commercial Lending, Insurance Defense, Labor, Pension and Profit-Sharing, Negligence, Family Law, Construction, Environmental and Products Liability Law. | | Year Established: 1826 | Firm Profile:
Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP is one of Buffalo, New York's oldest law firms continuously engaged in the practice of law, providing a wide range of legal services to business and individual clients. Large enough to provide skilled specialization, we continue to value integrity and close attention to the particular needs of each client. We are dedicated to providing sound legal advice guided only by the best interests of our clients. | | Firm Size: 26 | Representative Clients:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Burchfield-Penney Art Center; Camp Pathfinder; The Children's Guild; Derrick Corporation; Heinrich Chevrolet; Kaleida Health; Kissing Bridge Corp.; The Mentholatum Co., Inc.; Metal Cladding, Inc.; Niagara Blower Company; Prometheus Books, Inc.; Univera Healthcare-WNY. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Monroe Title Insurance Corporation; Ticor Title Guaranty; First American Title Insurance Co.; Commonwealth Title Insurance Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard
American Express | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Richard A. Grimm, Jr. (Member) born Buffalo, New York, May 17, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, New York; 1961, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., 1954; J.D., 1958). Member, 1973-1984 and Director 1977-1980 Erie County Bar Association Member, Grievance Committee, Eighth Judicial District. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Business Law; Elder Law. Email: Richard A. Grimm, Jr. | | James N. Carlo (Member) born Buffalo, New York, March 1, 1932; admitted to bar, 1958, New York. Education: New York State Maritime College (B.S. with honors, 1955); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1958). Director, Erie County Bar, 1976-1979. Erie County Bar Foundation: Director, 1988-1993; Treasurer, 1990-1991; Vice-President, 1991-1992; President, 1992-1993. Member, Grievance Committee, 8th Judicial District, 1974-1986. Designated Title Insurance Agent. Secretary, Erie County Industrial Development Agency, 1985-1990. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. [Capt., USNR]. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Industrial Real Estate; Trusts and Estates. Email: James N. Carlo | | Laurence H. Woodward (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, February 19, 1945; admitted to bar, 1968, New York. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., 1965); Syracuse University (J.D., 1968). Chairman, Committee on Surrogate's Court Practice, Erie County Bar Association, 1981-1985. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Tax Law. Email: Laurence H. Woodward | | Thomas E. Schofield (Member) born Plattsburgh, New York, October 16, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 1971); State University of New York at Buffalo (M.A., 1975; J.D., cum laude, 1975). Assistant Professor and Lecturer, Law, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1984-1986; 1990-1996. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Canadian Commerce; Commercial Law; Immigration Law; International Law. Email: Thomas E. Schofield | | Robert W. Grimm, Jr. (Member) born Buffalo, New York, March 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New York. Education: Niagara University; State of New York Law Office Study Program. Designated Title Insurance Agent. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Robert W. Grimm, Jr. | | Edward P. Perlman (Partner) born 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and Florida. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A.); Albany Law School (J.D.); University of Miami (LL.M.). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Litigation; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Employment Law; Trusts and Estates; Municipal Law; Construction Law. Email: Edward P. Perlman | | Edward J. Markarian (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: Hamilton College (B.A.); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Trusts and Estates; Litigation. Email: Edward J. Markarian | | Cheryl Smith Fisher (Member) born Corning, New York, September 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, New York; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: State University of New York at Oswego (B.A., cum laude, 1973); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of New York, 1979-1984. Special Assistant United States Attorney, 1984. Appellate Division, 4th Department, Committee on Character and Fitness. Member: Erie County (Director, 1993-1996; Chair, Ethics Committee, 1994-1996; President, 2007-2008) and New York State (Member, Ethics Committee, 1994-1998) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Health Care; Legal Ethics. Email: Cheryl Smith Fisher | | Richard A. Moore (Member) born Oakland, California, December 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A. with honors, 1977; M.S., 1980); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1985). Member, Moot Court Board. Member, City of Buffalo Brownfields Task Force. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Intellectual Property; Municipal Law; Litigation. Email: Richard A. Moore | | Joseph R. Connelly (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1970); Fordham University (J.D., 1974). Member: Erie County (Criminal and Family Law Committees) and New York State Bar Associations (Committees on: Criminal Law, Family Law, Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law). Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation; Elder Law. Email: Joseph R. Connelly | | Richard A. Grimm, III (Member) born Buffalo, New York, July 28, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New York. Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.A., 1983); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1986). Court Examiner, Fourth Appellate Division. Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Western New York Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Richard A. Grimm, III | | Bruce D. Reinoso (Member) born Tampa, Florida, July 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1995, New York. Education: University of North Carolina (B.M.U.S., 1980); Duke University (A.M., Music Composition, 1988); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Past President Director, Network on Aging of Western New York. Director, Vice President Director, Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled and Disadvantaged of Western New York and Coordinated Care Management Corporation. Member: Erie County (Member, Health Law Committee; Chair, Elder Law Committee) and New York State (Member, Health and Elder Law Committees) Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Trusts and Estates; Health Care Law. Email: Bruce D. Reinoso | | Aven Rennie (Member) born Flushing, Queens, July 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, New York. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care Law; Appellate Practice; Intellectual Property. Email: Aven Rennie | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Brendan P. McCafferty (Special Counsel) born Rochester, New York, December 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1993, New York. Education: St. John Fisher College (B.S., 1982); Rochester Institute of Technology (M.B.A., 1984); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1987. Member: Erie County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate and Business Law; Taxation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Brendan P. McCafferty | | James P. Bracken (Special Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, February 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1975; J.D., cum laude, 1980). Senior Editor, Buffalo Law Review, 1979-1980. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Commercial Law; Business Law; Tax Law. Email: James P. Bracken | | Rosa S. Svisco (Special Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, June 17, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1983). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Canadian Commerce; Immigration Law. Email: Rosa S. Svisco | | Kathryn B. Friedman (Special Counsel) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1998, New York. Education: State University College at Geneseo (B.A., 1986); University at Buffalo, Department of Political Science (M.A., International Trade Policy, 1993; Ph.D. International Economic Relations and Trade Policy, 1996); University at Buffalo Law School (J.D., 1998). Member: Erie County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Canadian Commerce; International Law. Email: Kathryn B. Friedman | | Susan M. Lankenau (Special Counsel) born Hudson, New York, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, New York. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., 1975); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Associate Editor, 1978-1979 and Articles Editor, 1979-1980, Buffalo Law Review. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Appellate Practice; Business Law. Email: Susan M. Lankenau | | OF COUNSEL | | William J. Magavern, II (Of Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, July 29, 1934; admitted to bar, 1962, New York. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1956); University of Buffalo (LL.B., 1962). Chairman, Kissing Bridge Corporation. Secretary, The Mentholatum Co., Inc. Director: Oden Corporation; Metal Cladding, Inc.; Niagara Blower Company. Counsel to and Honorary Life Board Member, Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Business Law. Email: William J. Magavern, II | | James L. Magavern (Of Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, February 1, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, New York; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Dartmouth College; University of Buffalo (LL.B., cum laude, 1959). Editor-in-Chief, Buffalo Law Review, 1958-1959. Assistant and Associate Professor, 1966-1971 and Adjunct Professor of Law, 1972—, State University of New York at Buffalo. Deputy and Assistant Attorney General, New York State, 1959-1962. County Attorney, Erie County, 1972-1976. Counsel to the Comptroller of the State of New York, 1978-1980. President, Erie County Bar Association, 1982-1983. Member, New York State Commission on Government Integrity, 1987-1989. Practice Areas: State and Local Government Law; Public Law Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: James L. Magavern | | ASSOCIATES | | Raymond H. Caso, Jr. (Associate) | | Theresa E. Quinn (Associate) | | Sean J. MacKenzie (Associate) | | Raymond W. Walter (Associate) | | Ellen Grimm Spencer (Associate) | Other Office Addresses:
Niagara Falls, New York Office: 810 Main Street, 14301.
Kenmore, New York Office: 3080 Delaware Avenue, 14217.
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