Brian Vertz of Pollock Begg. Courtesy photo Brian Vertz of Pollock Begg. Courtesy photo

Elected and Appointed

Pittsburgh divorce lawyer and Pollock Begg partner Brian C. Vertz was named president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation for a two-year term, beginning this afternoon.

Vertz will lead the AAML Foundation in making grants to agencies that assist needy families and children facing domestic violence, parental conflict and barriers to legal services. The foundation makes annual charitable grants from the donations of fellows of the AAML, a national group of 1,600 top family lawyers.

An AAML fellow since 2003, Vertz has been a partner in Pollock Begg since 2001. Vertz was voted AAML Foundation president-elect two years ago.