Veterans Law means more than helping veterans navigate the VA. When the title Veteran is added to any legal issue, that issue immediately becomes more complex, involved, and sensitive. Veterans Criminal Law: Allegheny county, and many others across the country, has a Veterans Court that assists Veterans charged with crimes who are struggling with addiction, mental illness or co-occurring disorders. Veterans Business Law: Entrepreneurs who are Veterans fall into this category too. In PA the filing fee to incorporate your business has been waived by the state. This doesn't obviate the need to have a strong business plan and operating agreement but does illustrate that there are many opportunities available to Veteran business owners such as the Veteran Small Business Loan through the SBA. Veterans Family Law: Veterans who are entitled to benefits or hold a security clearance add additional complications to the field of Family Law. When couples get divorced there are questions about whether benefits can be counted as marital property. There are also issues about what a Protection From Abuse order means for someone who holds a security clearance and the required reporting through the chain of command. Veterans Employment Law: The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, USERRA, grants certain protections to Veterans in the workplace. This is important to employees to know as well as employers. Veterans Law takes the common practice of an attorney and adds a degree of dignity, respect, and challenge. We know that being challenged is a positive, an opportunity to utilize our skills and celebrate victory. Even if our success is making the most of a difficult situation, let's take one step at a time, lean in, and reach our goals together.