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Pittsburgh divorce attorneys from downtown family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC are often sought out by media to provide legal or professional insight on trending national and local news stories. Candice L. Komar is a frequent guest on WPXI’s Pittsburgh Cable News Channel “NightTalk” and “Pittsburgh Now” programs and has been called upon to join panel discussions on topics ranging from the Brangelina divorce to Tiger […]

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review acknowledged family law attorney and Pollock Begg Partner Brian C. Vertz for his recent work as author of “Frumkes and Vertz on Divorce Taxation.” Learn more about Brian’s knowledge of business valuation, taxation for same-sex couples, and the various tax implications intertwined with marital law by visiting his team bio.

PITTSBURGH — For the seventh year in a row, family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC receives recognition as a Tier One Best Law Firms recipient in the area of family law, according to rankings released by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers for 2016. Pollock Begg has been included on this list every year since U.S. News commenced rankings in 2010. “This designation is an […]

This month, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania accepted a custody case involving a constitutional challenge to the grandparent custody law.  In D.P. and B.P. v. G.J.P. and A.P. (Ponko), No. 25 WAP 2015, the custody case bypassed the Superior Court, going straight up to the Supreme Court after a Westmoreland County trial court held that the grandparent custody statute was unconstitutional. Under the current law (23 Pa.C.S. § 5325), in effect since 2011, grandparents […]

In re Baby S., 2015 Pa.Super. 244 (November 23, 2015) Sherri Shepherd, one of the hosts of the ABC-TV daytime talk show “The View,” and her ex-husband Lamar Sally were married for just over a year when they arranged a surrogate to bear their second child.  Having previously given birth to a child who was 15 weeks premature (by her first husband), Sheppard was deemed to be incapable of a natural pregnancy, […]

If a nude or explicit picture or video of you has been shared publicly by your ex-spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend, without your consent, there may be legal help available. Revenge porn is defined as a form of sexual abuse that involves the distribution of nude or sexually explicit photos or videos of an individual without their consent.  Typically, when spouses or intimate partners break up, one of them distributes explicit photos or videos […]