December 2, 2011
Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC will have a new name in 2012 when partner Brian C. Vertz joins the other four partners in the firm's name. Effective Jan. 1, 2012, the Downtown-based, family-practice law firm will launch itself as Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC. View full release.
December 1, 2011
Candice L. Komar, partner at Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC, will speak Friday, Dec. 2, at the Wecht Institute Forensic Fridays event. Komar will discuss the economy and how it affects valuations and income calculation in divorce cases. The seminar will take place at the Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law at Duquesne University Law School, Room 204, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. View full release.
November 10, 2011
Candice L. Komar, partner at Downtown-based family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg), will participate in a lively debate on PCNC's NightTalk Legal Round Table again this week. The program will air tonight, Thursday, November 10, live at 8 p.m. Komar has appeared multiple times on WPXI's Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) programming, which airs for most viewers on channel 35 locally.View full release.
October 19, 2011
Brian C. Vertz, partner at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg), will lecture at the 2011 Family Law Update, one of the most popular family law continuing legal education programs of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI). This is Vertz's fifth consecutive year serving as a lecturer and author for the program and his fourth year as course planner. To learn more about the program or to register, visit www.pbi.org or call the Pennsylvania Bar Institute at (800) 247-4724. View full release.
October 10, 2011
Joseph R. Williams, an associate attorney at Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg), will moderate a roundtable discussion at Duquesne University on Thursday, October 13, at 5 p.m. The presentation is entitled "Job Search Strategies That Worked for Us — A Roundtable Discussion with members of the Allegheny County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division." The four young lawyers participating in the debate will focus on how law school graduates can network in the legal community to obtain post-graduation employment and advancement opportunities. View full release.
September 22, 2011
All five partners of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg) have been named to the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in collaboration with the U.S. News & World Report. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review process and is described by The American Lawyer as "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice." Best Lawyers in America is the gold standard in terms of ranking attorneys. Pollock Begg's David S. Pollock, Todd M. Begg, Candice L. Komar, Daniel H. Glasser and Brian C. Vertz were recognized among the list of practitioners of legal excellence in the United States for the area of family law. This is the third year in a row all five partners were honored by inclusion in the publication. View full release.
August 29, 2011
Candice L. Komar, partner at Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg), will appear on PCNC's NightTalk Legal Round Table on Tuesday, August 30, live at 8 p.m. Komar will appear on Tuesday evening as part of a panel that will discuss recent legal topics in the news. This is Komar's sixth appearance on the WPXI's Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) programming, which airs for most viewers on channel 35 locally. View full release.
July 22, 2011
Angel L. Revelant, an associate attorney at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser, recently participated in the Allegheny County Bar Association's Backpack Program. This program provided new backpacks filled with school supplies, including notebooks, pens, pencils, highlighters, and other necessary items to 1,500 Allegheny County students. The Backpack Program, which is coordinated by the bar association's Public Service Committee, is in its fifth year of operation. This year, more than 30 corporate sponsors will help fund the project. Revelant assisted the committee in planning the event as well as coordinated the volunteers. Approximately 100 attorneys, staff and family members volunteered for staging, packing and distributing the backpacks. Read more about this year's activity on the Allegheny County Bar Association website.
July 22, 2011
Dana Levine will be presented as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s panel on Family Law 101 on July 26, 2011 at the PBI Professional Development Conference Center. Levine is a faculty member for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Family Law Continuing Legal Education Program. This presentation discussed the complex issues that affect family law case, federal and state statutes, and the latest case law that affects the practice. Levine is an attorney with Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC, a dedicated family law practice located Downtown. View full release.
July 20, 2011
Candice L. Komar, partner at Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg), appeared on PCNC’s NightTalk Legal Round Table on Thursday, July 21, live at 8:00 pm. Komar appeared on Thursday evening as part of a panel that discussed recent legal topics in the news. This is Komar’s fifth appearance on the WPXI’s Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) programming, which airs for most viewers on channel 35 locally. View full release.
July 12, 2011
Joseph R. Williams, an associate attorney at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser, was elected to serve a two-year term on the Young Lawyers Division Council of the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA). Joe serves as a member of the Division’s Member Services Committee and Public Service Committee. The ACBA Young Lawyers Division serves nearly 1,800 young lawyers in Allegheny County. For 2011-2012, Williams will also serve as the liaison between Duquesne Law School and the ACBA Young Lawyers Division. View full release.
July 6, 2011
Aimee L. Burton of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg) presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Summer Meeting, July 7-10, 2011, in Lake George, NY. The semi-annual meeting is a multi-day event consisting of educational and networking programs for family law attorneys and judges based throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Burton will be presenting in a workshop entitled: The Intersection of Assisted Reproduction and Family Law. View full release.
July 5, 2011
David Pollock, a founding member of Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg), has been elected to leadership positions in the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML), the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section. View full release.
July 7-10, 2011
Candice L. Komar of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC presented at the Pennsylvania Family Law Section Bar Association Summer Meeting, July 7-10, 2011, in Lake George, NY.
The semi-annual meeting is a multi-day event consisting of educational and networking programs for family law attorneys and judges based throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Komar will be speaking in a workshop entitled “Never Can Say Goodbye” on transferring and closing client files. She will be part of a four-person panel that explores the legal and ethical ramifications of transferring and closing client files. View full release.
June 30, 2011
The five partners of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg) have been named 2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers — an honor bestowed on just five percent of the state’s attorneys. Pollock Begg’s David Pollock, Todd Begg, Candice Komar, Daniel Glasser and Brian Vertz were recognized among Pennsylvania’s legal elite by Super Lawyers. In addition, Pollock, Begg and Komar were named among the Top 50 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Komar earned further distinction as one of the Top 50 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2011. Aimee Burton, an associate of the firm, was also named a Super Lawyer. Four of the firm’s associates were also named Rising Stars by the organization, a distinction for candidates under 40 attained by no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state. Stephanie L. Jablon, Dana A. Levine, Benjamin E. Orsatti, and Angelica L. Revelant have all been named to the list of Rising Stars for 2011. View full release.
June 21, 2011
Candice L. Komar, partner at Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC (Pollock Begg), appeared on PCNC’s NightTalk Legal Round Table on Tuesday, June 21. Komar appeared along side Stephen Stallings, a former federal prosecutor, and Judge Robert Dzvonick, a District Judge for the Shaler Area.
This is Komar’s fourth appearance on the WPXI’s Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) programming, which airs for most viewers on channel 35 locally. She participated in legal round tables on NightTalk in March and April of 2011 and appeared in a 2010 program discussing Tiger Woods’ divorce agreements. View full release.
June 2011
Candice L. Komar, partner at Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC, was granted fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. AAML was founded in 1962 to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards and advance the cause of matrimonial law to the end that the welfare of the family and society be preserved. Members are invited into the Academy after fulfilling strict criteria and standards established by the AAML board of examiners. Pollock Begg is the largest law firm in Pennsylvania dedicated solely to family law. View full release.
June 17, 2011
Todd Begg will presented at the Allegheny County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference. He discussed the new custody law at the Family Law Section Sound Off.
May 2011
Todd M. Begg is a course planner for the “Presentation of a Custody Evaluation in a Complex Custody Trial” CLE that is being offered by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute throughout the month of May. Todd was part of a joint team of very experienced family law practitioners and psychologists who have put together this program. He will also participate as a presenter. The program begins with sessions on the use and misuse of psychological tests and assessment instruments, when and how to use custody evaluations, how to challenge those evaluations and the presentation in court of an expert. The focus will then shift to the ethical and trial implications of the extent to which an attorney can or should prepare their client for a custody evaluation. The centerpiece of the day is a mock hearing utilizing a sample case. At the close of the hearing, participants will receive a view from the bench providing a critique of the hearing and describing appellate practice.
April 28, 2011
Candice Komar participated in a legal roundtable on PCNC “Night Talk.”
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March 30, 2011
Candice Komar participated in a legal roundtable on PCNC “Night Talk.”
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March 26, 2011
Candice Komar was among 80 women in attendance at the kick-off luncheon for the Pittsburgh chapter of Executive Women’s Golf Network. Candice serves as Vice President of the Pittsburgh chapter of EWGN.
February 19, 2011
David Pollock was elected to a three-year term to the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, USA Chapter, Board of Managers. The IAML is a worldwide association of practicing lawyers who are recognized by their peers as the most experienced and expert family law specialists in their respective countries.