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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 […]

More amicable and affordable divorces may be in the future for more Pennsylvanians now that collaborative law, a process long accepted by the legal community, has been recognized and regulated by the state. The Pennsylvania Collaborative Law Act was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday, June 28, creating a uniform standard of practice in Pennsylvania for collaborative divorces for the first time. Pittsburgh divorce attorney Candice L. Komar, […]

Divorcees are getting grayer, according to a recent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The story featured perspective from Pittsburgh divorce attorney Candice L. Komar, who addressed the benefits of collaborative divorce, for seniors. Collaborative divorce is a way to work through the details of a divorce in a fair, cordial, quick and cost-effective manner. Komar, a partner at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, often deals with complex issues in divorce, […]

Pittsburgh divorce attorney Brian C. Vertz shared his divorce tax law experience with attendees at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section’s 2018 Summer Meeting in Hershey, PA. Vertz, partner at Pittsburgh family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC and co-author of the legal treatise “Frumkes and Vertz on Divorce Taxation,” moderated a plenary session on the impact of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 […]

Extracurriculars should not take a back seat once you get a desk and a 401(k) plan. Professional organizations, interest groups, boards and legal publications are extracurricular opportunities that will help young attorneys to establish their names in the community, and inevitably, referrals will follow. Pittsburgh divorce attorney Alyssa R. Angotti, an associate attorney at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, addressed the benefits of involvement in legal organizations for young […]

David S. Pollock, founding partner of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, was appointed as a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee. He will serve a three-year term. For more than four decades, Pollock has practiced family law focusing on premarital agreements, separation, divorce, unmarried partners, equitable distribution, support and alimony.  He was previously a partner and head of the matrimonial law group at […]