Brian C. Vertz is a partner of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC, a Pittsburgh law firm devoted to family law litigation, settlement, and appeals.
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Recognized Leader in Family Law
He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 and 2011 for family law. Mr. Vertz was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 2003 and a Super Lawyer for family law every year since 2005. Pittsburgh Magazine and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have listed Mr. Vertz among their top lawyers, and his firm is among the top-tier family law firms in Western Pennsylvania, as ranked by U.S. News & World Reports. His career has been profiled on the Ten Leaders site. Mr. Vertz holds credentials as an MBA and an Accredited Valuation Analyst (NACVA), denoting proficiency in business valuation theory and practice. He has served on the governing bodies of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Allegheny County Bar Association Family Law Sections. He was a founding member of the Pittsburgh Matrimonial chapter of the American Inns of Court. He is a member of Toastmasters International, for whom he has served as an Area Governor and former Vice President-Education. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Crafton Public Library. Mr. Vertz maintains an active lifestyle with interests in hiking, kayaking, golf, fitness and travel.
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Author and Teacher
Each year, Mr. Vertz is a broadcast presenter and author for Family Law Update, one of the most-watched family law education programs of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He is a contributing author to Slicing the Pie: Equitable Distribution in Pennsylvania (PBI 2010), Business Valuation and Divorce (PBI 2009), Tax Consequences in Divorce (PBI 2005) and Drafting Marital Settlement Agreements (PBI 2008), as well as Family Law 101 (formerly Fundamentals of Family Law) (PBI 1994 – 2011) and many other CLE materials. Lawyers throughout Pennsylvania consult Mr. Vertz to discuss novel and difficult issues involving child support, executive compensation and business valuation. He was educated at the University of Michigan (BA 1988), the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (JD 1992), and the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business (MBA 1991). He is admitted to practice law in the State Bar of Georgia, the state and Federal courts of Pennsylvania, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Brian Vertz maintains profiles on Facebook, Linkedin.com, Avvo.com, Superlawyers.com, and Justia.com.
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