Blog

Estate planning is a topic many people try to avoid and one that can be even less palatable when a couple is divorcing. Pittsburgh divorce attorney Candice L. Komar, a founding partner at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, addressed key factors of estate planning divorcing couples should consider in a recent article in The Legal Intelligencer. Komar’s article provides useful tips for divorcing couples regarding drafting or changing […]

Pittsburgh divorce attorney Candice L. Komar, founding partner of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, joined “NightTalk”  on Friday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. to weigh in on recent national and local trending stories. PCNC’s “NightTalk” breaks from its usual format, providing a happy hour slot on Fridays with natural, easygoing panel discussions. This week, panelists batted around serious topics such as recent teachers in the news for mocking the military and […]

In a recent Politico article, Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC Partner and Pittsburgh family law attorney Brian C. Vertz discusses how President Trump’s new tax law may increase divorces with the alimony deductibility changes taking effect under the 2019 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. For those in the highest income bracket, the cost of alimony payments in divorce settlements will significantly be reduced. The law also eliminates the […]

Our family law firm enjoyed the unique opportunity to sponsor the Isabel Allende lecture in the Ten Evenings series presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. The series brought to town authors whose topical works as director Stephanie Flom writes, “help us make sense of the confusing, often troubling, times we live in.” Pollock Begg proudly sponsored the lecture in November of acclaimed author Isabel Allende, a native of Chile who […]

Pollock Begg’s youngest partner, Joseph R. Williams, who has only been practicing law for eight years, has been named to the Best Lawyers in America 2018 lists for family law, family law arbitration and family law mediation. Williams was nominated for the first time this year and received enough votes for the family law list as well as the sub categories of family law arbitration, which was added for the […]

Pittsburgh family law attorney Candice L. Komar, founding partner of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, joined “NightTalk” on Friday, June 30, at 8 p.m., to weigh in on recent national and local trending stories. PCNC’s “NightTalk” panel breaks from its usual hard-hitting news format, offering a happy hour style on Fridays with candid, relevant water cooler discussions instead. Komar is frequently tapped as a media guest on WPXI’s Pittsburgh Cable News Channel […]