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I am pleased to announce that U.S. News & World Reports, in conjunction with The Best Lawyers in America, has named my law firm, Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC, as one of the Best Law Firms 2010 for family law in Pittsburgh. Five Pittsburgh firms were named to the first tier, in which PBKG was included. The list of first- and second-tier law firms in Pittsburgh is found here. The […]

OK. It’s Friday afternoon, late in the summer, and perhaps my judgment is off but I thought this was amusing. University research scientists in the UK have published a study of dance moves that are most likely to attract women. According to the website Gawker: According to the study—led by psychologist Dr. Nick Neave and researcher Kristofor McCarty of Northumbria University in the UK—the big secret to good dancing is […]

A recent post on BVLaw (culled from the materials for the BVR Summit on Business Valuation in Divorce, going on now in Chicago) reminds us that pre-trial discovery and preparation are essential tasks in divorce litigation which must be conducted by the parties, with the assistances of their lawyers and experts, not the court: Speaking at this morning’s BVR Divorce Summit, Judge Thomas Zampino gave some excellent advice for matrimonial […]

In Re Miller, 424 B.R. 171 (M.D. Pa. 2010) Wife/Debtor filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy petition, in which she attempted to classify an “income maintenance award” of $88,500 received in a divorce decree as property exempted from the bankruptcy estate.  The divorce decree provided that Wife was to receive $88,500 cash in order to effectuate a 67%/33% division of marital property.  Next, Wife’s former divorce lawyer filed a proof of […]

Last year I had the privilege of attending the BVR/Morningstar Summit on Best Practices in Business Valuation in Divorce, which will be held this month in Chicago. Unfortunately I have to miss it this year as I will be visiting my new niece in San Diego. They will be discussing the latest developments in business valuation and complex financial issues in divorce, including the following summary of a double-dipping decision […]

Pollock Begg Partner Candice Komar appeared on “NightTalk” to discuss the unique elements of the Tiger Woods divorce agreements. Watch Video – Part 1 – (5 minutes) Watch Video – Part 2 – (2 minutes)