About S. Joseph
S. Joseph Litvak blends advanced study and multi-jurisdictional practice in a career that spans bankruptcy, family law and tax matters. He holds two master’s degrees in addition to a J.D., a combination that informs both litigation and transactional work. The mix of credentials is a through-line in his professional life.
He earned a J.D. in 2014 from the University of Akron School of Law and completed an LL.M. in Intellectual Property there the same year. He later pursued graduate tax study at Villanova University, receiving an LL.M. in Tax in 2018. Those degrees reflect a deliberate pairing of technical subjects and courtroom training.
Litvak is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and North Carolina. He belongs to several local and national bar organizations. He has been a member of the North Carolina State Bar since 2015. From 2016 onward he joined the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Bucks County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and he is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers. In 2017 he added membership in the New Jersey State Bar, the New York State Bar Association and the Brooklyn Bar Association. Within the Brooklyn Bar, he serves on the Bankruptcy and Family Law committees.
Those memberships align with the core areas of his practice. He has handled consumer bankruptcy matters and related family law questions, and his tax training allows him to address the fiscal consequences that often accompany those cases. The intellectual property LL.M. is less central to day-to-day bankruptcy work, but it informs transactional and counseling matters when intellectual property rights are at issue in broader client matters.
Litvak’s work has required navigating both courtroom settings and negotiated resolutions. He represents individuals and handles filings, plan negotiations and contested matters in bankruptcy court. He also advises on the intersection of tax obligations and family law outcomes, explaining how one area can affect the other. His multi-state admissions permit him to serve clients whose legal problems cross state lines or touch multiple jurisdictions.
He practices at Litvak Legal Group, PLLC, where he manages cases that combine bankruptcy, family law and tax concerns. That is the practical center of his current work: helping clients address financial distress, related domestic issues and the tax consequences that follow.
