Pietragallo is pleased to announce that 20 lawyers have been named to the 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers is a service of Thomson Reuters legal division which compiles a list of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. Each year, Super Lawyers select attorneys based on peer nominations and… Read more »
Partner Kenneth Horoho will be presenting for the Penn State Beaver CPA Committee at the 2025 CPA & CLE Seminar on the Role of Divorce in Pennsylvania. Ken’s discussion will include how accountants perform engagements in phases, identifying calculations to help prepare the attorney, preparing pre-trial statements, and more. He’ll demonstrate how CPAs and family… Read more »
With the recent passage of the Family Law Arbitration Act (most recently covered by this publication in the Winter 2024 volume), Pennsylvania has taken a very positive step in allowing family disputes to be resolved in an efficient, effective, humane manner that will, if utilized, help re- duce the backlog of divorce and custody cases… Read more »
On July 7, 2024, the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act (“UFLAA”), 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 7371-7398, became effective. Prior to its enactment, Pennsylvania only had the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (“RUAA”), which is better suited to commercial and other civil cases and did not address the unique features of family law litigation. Indeed, the… Read more »
On March 20, 2025, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recognized “Intent-Based Parentage” as a pathway to legal parenthood in the Commonwealth. In the landmark decision of Glover v. Junior, the court recognized previously unavailable rights of parentage for non-biological parties in cases in which a child was conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART). In Glover, a… Read more »
Partner Carla S. Donnelly has been recognized as a 2025 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award Top Author. Carla is one of ten family law attorneys recognized for their consistently high readership and engagement within the family law industry for 2024. The JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards recognize top authors and firms in 33 industry topics… Read more »
Co-Chair of Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Women in the Profession Commission, partner Carla Donnelly, was highlighted in this month’s edition of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Best of the West member spotlight. How did you first get involved with the PBA? “I moved from Atlanta, GA to Pittsburgh, PA in 2013 and my partner, Ken Horoho, suggested… Read more »
Join Pietragallo attorney Adam Garret, and his co-presenters as they dive into the legal implications that arise when one spouse passes away during a pending divorce matter. This one-hour virtual CLE program, “Til Death Do Us Part: Navigating the Legal Complexities When One Party Dies During a Pending Divorce”, is presented by the Allegheny County… Read more »
Kenneth J. Horoho, Jr., partner and chair of the Family Law Practice Group at Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP and former Pennsylvania Bar Association President, has been re-appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as Vice-Chair of its Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee. Ken’s second term as Vice-Chair on the committee begins April 1,… Read more »
On January 17, partner Kerri Lee Cappella will co-present on “Alternative Asset Management Firm Valuation Concepts and Considerations in Family Law”, for this years Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Meeting alongside the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The PBA Winter Meeting will take place in Pittsburgh Friday-Sunday, January 17-19, at the Omni William Penn… Read more »