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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 […]

  PITTSBURGH — Pollock Begg Associate Morgan M. Bonekovic will receive the 2022 Young Leader Award from the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Homer S. Brown Division at its 18th annual Black History Month celebration on Thursday, February 24. Named for an esteemed civil and political rights activist who was the first African American judge in Pittsburgh, the Homer S. Brown Division develops education, networking and public service programs to assist […]

PITTSBURGH — Congratulations to Brian C. Vertz, a partner at Pittsburgh family law firm Pollock Begg, who was named president-elect of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation at the AAML annual meeting in Chicago. Brian’s years of service with AAML’s nonprofit arm dedicated to helping families and children adversely impacted by marital dissolution, make him an ideal choice to fill this new leadership role and assume the presidency of […]

PITTSBURGH — Ranked for the 11th time as a Pittsburgh Tier One Best Law Firm, the matrimonial law firm Pollock Begg is again recognized for the reputation and expertise of its attorneys in the areas of family law and family law mediation. The 2022 ranking, announced today by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers, notes superiority and scope of knowledge in family law. Pollock Begg has been a fixture […]

  PITTSBURGH  — Three additional divorce attorneys at Pittsburgh family law firm Pollock Begg recently completed training and certification in collaborative law, bringing the firm’s total number of collaboratively trained lawyers to eight.   Partner Brian C. Vertz and associates Ashley M. Majorsky and Lindsay A. Nemit are newly certified through the Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania and became members of both CLASP and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.   Putting clients’ interests at the center, the collaborative process helps families resolve divorce, child custody and other […]

  PITTSBURGH — Congratulations to Partner Candice L. Komar, the newly minted treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section! Elected to the post at the PBA’s 2021 summer meeting, Candice embraces a new opportunity to continue her stellar record of family law advocacy, mentorship and leadership. This leadership position is a logical progression for Candice who has been active in the Family Law divisions of both the Pennsylvania […]