PLW People in the News—Dec. 11, 2018—Pollock Begg
Pittsburgh firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz announced the addition of Ashley M. Majorsky.
December 11, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Pittsburgh firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz announced the addition of Ashley M. Majorsky.
Majorsky, a divorce attorney and certified business valuation analyst, joins as an associate.
She will focus her family law practice on meeting the unique equitable distribution, custody and support needs of clients with complex financial histories.
Majorsky began her career as a certified business valuation analyst before attending the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
She worked as a law clerk for the Family Law Clinic and Pollock Begg.
She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and maintains active membership in the Allegheny County, Westmoreland County and Pennsylvania bar associations.
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Grim, Biehn & Thatcher of Perkasie added attorneys Julieanne E. Bateman, Mitchell H. Baylarian and Ian W. Peltzman to the firm.
Bateman's areas of practice include civil litigation, employment law, domestic relations and criminal law. Prior to joining the firm, she was an assistant district attorney in Franklin County and clerked for Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert O. Baldi.
She received her law degree from The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law.
Baylarian's areas of practice include family law and criminal law. Baylarian previously worked at the Chester County Public Defender's Office and at a law firm in Doylestown.
He was appointed by the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas in 2016 as a conflict attorney representing parents in children and youth matters.
He received his law degree from Pennsylvania State University.
Peltzman practices in elder law, estate planning and estate administration. Peltzman recently completed the Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Training Certification course.
He received a law degree from Boston College and is currently pursuing a master of laws degree at Temple University.
|Speakers
Henry M. Sneath of Houston Harbaugh was lead presenter of “How to Keep Secrets Secret—The Litigation and Defense of a Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) Case” to the Q. Todd Dickinson Intellectual Property American Inn of Court.
The event took place in U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania's courtroom.
The presentation focused on recent developments and litigation strategies under the Defend Trade Secrets Act.
Sneath is chair of Houston Harbaugh's intellectual property practice and co-chair of the firm's litigation practice.
He has federal and state court trial experience and has represented clients in numerous DTSA and intellectual property matters.
He also serves as an adjunct professor of law at Duquesne University School of Law where he teaches trade secret law, and the law of trademarks and unfair competition.
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