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Pollock Begg Partner Candice L. Komar shares her thoughts on how she helps clients settle family law cases. A certified mediator trained in collaborative law, Candice understands the motivations and needs on both sides of each case, thoroughly analyzing each detail before reaching a final settlement. She is recognized as a leading practitioner, litigator, and highly skilled negotiator in matrimonial law. In 2022, she was honored as Pittsburgh “Lawyer of […]

In Seelbaugh v. Seelbaugh (non-precedential), No. 1102 WDA 2012 (August 16, 2012), the Superior Court heard an appeal in which a wife contested the bifurcation of a divorce proceeding, allowing a divorce to be issued before the ancillary claims were resolved. Bifurcation is governed, under statutory amendments enacted in 2005, by 23 Pa.C.S. Section 3323(c.1). That section authorizes the trial court to enter a divorce decree without simultaneously resolving the […]

In a press release yesterday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced its ruling that same-sex couples may file joint income tax returns, regardless of whether they reside in states that recognize their marriage or not. In fact, the Treasury Department invites same-sex couples to amend their separate returns to file joint returns for the past three years. Other tax benefits not previously available to married same-sex couples are also described in […]

The family law attorneys at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC author many articles on matrimonial law and are frequently called upon by the media for perspective and insight. Please note certain articles may require login information. The Legal Intelligencer, “Taking Your Book of Business From Pamphlet to Novel,” by Joseph Williams, Aug. 29, 2013. (PDF)

Pollock Begg associate only family lawyer selected as one of 38 future leaders in Pennsylvania by The Legal Intelligencer PITTSBURGH — Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC associate Joseph R. Williams has been named to the list of 2013 Lawyers on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer. Williams is one of 38 Pennsylvania attorneys chosen to receive this distinction, and the only family lawyer included on the list. Nominees were […]

In Habjan v. Habjan, ___ A.2d ___ (Pa.Super.2013), the Superior Court was confronted with a question of whether to “pierce the corporate veil” by holding Husband responsible for a lawsuit initiated by his business corporation against Wife, thereby abrogating the release that Husband gave her in his marital settlement agreement. Husband and Wife were each 50% owners and officers of a corporation formed during the marriage to operate motels in […]