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Our Strength.
Your Power.

Pollock Begg is a leading Pennsylvania law firm devoted exclusively to the practice of family law. Our firm offers progressive, attentive and compassionate representation to help clients resolve complex family law issues.

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Always Looking Forward.

Pollock Begg is a leading Pennsylvania law firm devoted exclusively to the practice of family law. Our firm offers progressive, attentive and compassionate representation to help clients resolve complex family law issues.

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Advocacy. Tenacity. Results.

Pollock Begg is a leading Pennsylvania law firm devoted exclusively to the practice of family law. Our firm offers progressive, attentive and compassionate representation to help clients resolve complex family law issues.

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At Pollock Begg, you will find an experienced and compassionate Pittsburgh family law attorney who is dedicated to helping you resolve difficult family matters.
Founded in 2001, Pollock Begg has grown to become one of the largest and most respected family law firms in Pennsylvania. Our lawyers handle complex family law issues and high-conflict, high net worth cases involving corporate executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals and others. Since its inception, Pollock Begg has dedicated its practice to family law, including alimony, divorce, custody, support, business valuation, asset planning, protection from abuse, adoption and prenuptial agreements. Whether we are handling an amicable divorce or a challenging distribution of marital property, we craft solutions to best meet our clients' personal and financial needs.

Powerful Strategies, Progressive Style
We provide tough-minded analyses and results-oriented solutions.
We aspire to help clients determine their long-term interests and deliver solid plans to help them realize their goals.

Our founding partners migrated from two of the largest law firms in Pittsburgh. With decades of collective experience, our firm is well prepared to tackle the most challenging cases, developing powerful strategies that yield successful resolutions. Our family law attorneys are accomplished problem solvers and negotiators, skilled in all forms of alternative dispute resolution including collaborative law, arbitration and mediation.

Staying abreast of the latest trends in family law, many of our attorneys have pursued specialized training in collaborative law and take leadership roles in the Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania. If an amicable settlement is possible, we will help to guide you there. Our legal team is also fully prepared to take a case to trial, creating a strong incentive to settle.

Team Approach
The Pollock Begg team is among the largest and most comprehensive of its kind with each member solely focused on the practice of family law.
We offer a team of partners, associates and paralegals to provide efficient, cost-effective representation. Our teamwork, delegation and coordination ensure our clients receive responsive service. We leverage the benefit of our diverse backgrounds, opinions and advocacy skills to better serve our clients. Our attorneys collaborate to solve complex legal problems and share the common goal of delivering exceptional service.

Trusted Reputation
Pollock Begg is one of the most recognized family law firms in Pennsylvania.
We are strong advocates and empathetic advisors who have earned the respect of judges and lawyers statewide. We are nationally recognized as an authority on Pennsylvania law and consistently ranked as a top-tier law firm by U.S. News and World Report and named on the list of The Best Law Firms in America. Our attorneys are consistently named to the lists of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Rising Stars and The Best Lawyers in America and actively advance the practice of family law.

We teach seminars, publish articles and participate in statewide and national family law organizations. Our firm values giving back to the legal community through pro bono work and other volunteer efforts, and our lawyers are called upon often to lead initiatives and committees.

Personalized Service and Solutions
Every family law case is different. We focus on developing practical and personalized solutions.
Our family law attorneys are committed to providing individualized service and attention to each client. By taking time to develop personal relationships with clients, we can fully understand the intricacies of the challenges and issues they face. Our caring, supportive team of legal professionals provides guidance to help clients make the right choices for their own future and the future of their families.

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Pittsburgh Divorce, Family Law, Lawyers | Pollock Begg

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When encountering divorce, from custody to division of marital property, support and beyond, Pollock Begg provides empathy and tough-minded analysis.

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Your Family Law Needs

We are chess players. We do not do rote. Pollock Begg takes a strategic, contemplative approach to family law. We do not just react. Decades of experience have shown us cases can be strongly influenced by action taken early on.

Every time we go to family law court, we are aware we are establishing a record on which the decision of the case will be made, so we take care to be strategic and effective from the start.
Equally as important, we make sure our clients understand the course we are following and how it delivers on their plans for a better future.

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Pittsburgh Family Law Attorney | Pollock Begg

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Pittsburgh-based Pollock Begg takes a strategic and contemplative approach to family law.

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PITTSBURGH - Experienced custody and divorce litigator and certified collaborative law attorney Elisabeth W. Molnar joined Pittsburgh family law firm Pollock Begg as a partner effective January 1, 2024. Molnar brings 20 years of dedicated family law experience and an enthusiasm for helping families through difficult transitions to Pollock Begg.

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Partner

DYNAMIC FORCE. FOCUSED LEADER.

Pittsburgh Family Lawyer Joseph R. Williams is a tenacious litigator and accomplished negotiator admired by his peers for consistent advocacy and effective leadership.

A skilled litigator who also is well-versed in alternative dispute resolution and certified in collaborative divorce, Pittsburgh family lawyer Joseph R. Williams puts clients in the driver's seat and helps them navigate a wide range of family law concerns to reach their goals. Joe thrives on the challenges of each unique client situation in a diverse, comprehensive family law practice including divorce and equitable distribution cases, custody and visitation, protection from abuse and support.

His legal prowess is evident in and out of the courtroom. With collaborative divorce training and certification from the Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania, he is well poised to negotiate a case to an amicable settlement. However, Joe also is a respected litigator, recognized by his peers for his courtroom successes throughout western Pennsylvania up to the Pennsylvania Superior Court.

Joe has proven himself a natural leader and an energetic force on the Pittsburgh legal scene. After serving in several leadership roles within the Allegheny County Bar Association, Joe became its president on July 1, 2021, fostering a culture of ethics and professionalism among ACBA's 6,000 members and championing equality and diversity in the legal community.

A creative and detailed writer, Joe authors for legal publications as well as mainstream media. He also frequently lectures at continuing legal education seminars and is sought after as a moderator and panelist for industry discussions.

Joe spends his weekends trying Pittsburgh's great restaurants or escaping the city to visit his hometown in southeastern Ohio. He enjoys traveling to the Caribbean and the West Coast. A resident of Shadyside, Joe has pleasantly surprised himself with successful results on many home improvement projects. You can learn just about anything if you watch enough YouTube videos!

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Awards & Recognitions

Best Lawyers in America Pittsburgh "Lawyer of the Year," Family Law Arbitration, 2022, 2024

Best Lawyers in America honoree since 2018

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers honoree since 2022

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, honoree, 2012 - 2021

Named a Lawyer on the Fast Track by the Legal Intelligencer

Elected Offices & Appointments

President, Allegheny County Bar Association, 2021-2022

Past President, Duquesne Law Alumni Association Board of Governors

Past Chair, ACBA Young Lawyers Division

Memberships

ACBA Board of Governors, 2017-present

PBA Family Law Section

Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Certifications

Collaborative Law Certification, Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Education

Juris Doctor, Duquesne University School of Law, 2009

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Bethany College, 2006

Volunteerism & Philanthropy

Mentoring volunteer, Duquesne Law Alumni Association

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

UnCommon Pleas, 2015

ACBA Little Black Book Project

Attorneys Against Hunger "Skate-a-thon"

Salvation Army

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Pittsburgh Family Lawyer, Joseph R. Williams | Pollock Begg

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Joseph R. Williams' comprehensive family law practice includes economic cases, custody and visitation, protection from abuse and support.