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In an article on moms.com, Partner Joseph R. Williams recommends working collaboratively when co-parenting in order to do what’s best for the children involved. Keeping the lines of communication open will make it easier to navigate school closures and last-minute schedule changes that can throw parents off their games. Read the full article on the moms.com website. Joe Williams is a partner at Pollock Begg with collaborative family law training […]

Brian C. Vertz, Pittsburgh child custody lawyer and a partner at Pollock Begg with experience handling international custody disputes, said a case set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court could change the way courts deal with cross-border custody disagreements involving domestic violence. In December, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an international family law case between an Italian father and an American mother who fled Italy with her child […]

Partner Joseph R. Williams, weighed in on a new anti-bias rule adopted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from his perspective as Allegheny County Bar Association president. The Court approved new language making it “professional misconduct” for an attorney to  “knowingly engage in conduct constituting harrassment or discrimination” based on race, sex, religion or other categories in the course of practicing law. Read the full article from the August 2, 2021 edition […]

  Pollock Begg Partner Joseph R. Williams became president of the Allegheny County Bar Association July 1, 2021. Check out some of the press coverage related to this milestone in his impressive legal career. Law 360 Pittsburgh Business Times Lawyers Journal The Legal Intelligencer

COVID-19 tax relief has taken many forms. But, an advance on the child tax credit offered as part of the American Rescue Plan may leave some divorced parents puzzled. An article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday, March 17, describes the tax credit distribution procedure and its impact on divorced parents who typically take the credit in alternating years. Pollock Begg Partner Brian C. Vertz said the nature of the payments […]

COVID-19 may have shuttered the courts but divorces are still proceeding, just differently. There’s more to consider, more to weigh in on and a matrimonial lawyer is needed to explain these complicated intricacies. An article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s business section on Sunday, April 26, examined the issue of marital separation during the current COVID-19 pandemic and interviewed several high-profile Pittsburgh family law attorneys. Pollock Begg Partner Candice L. Komar […]