About Brittany M.
Brittany M. Yurchyk earned her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2011 after completing a political science and government degree at The Ohio State University in 2008. She spent her law school years engaged in dispute resolution study and editorial work. Those academic choices framed a career that has been centered on family law and courtroom practice in Pennsylvania.
Her first professional post came immediately after graduation. In 2011 she served as a law clerk to The Honorable William F. Ward in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Family Division. That clerkship exposed her to contested hearings, custody disputes and the procedural rhythms of family court. It also provided an early window into judicial decisionmaking that has informed her later work as an advocate.
After her clerkship she moved into private practice. In 2014 she was a lawyer at Pollack, Begg, Komar, Glasser & Vertz LLC, where she handled family law matters and related litigation. In 2017 she joined the Philadelphia-area firm High Swartz. At both firms she has worked on custody, support and divorce proceedings, and she has represented clients at trials, hearings and settlement conferences.
Yurchyk supplemented her J.D. with training in alternative dispute resolution at Pepperdine’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. She also served on the Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal as an editor during law school. Her bar membership is in Pennsylvania. She holds memberships in local bar groups, including the Montgomery Bar Association Family Law Section and the Bucks County Bar Association, both of which she joined in 2017 and continues to participate in.
Her practice blends courtroom work and negotiated resolutions. She has experience guiding clients through the filing process and managing litigation strategy, while also employing mediation techniques learned through her ADR certification. Colleagues describe her approach as methodical and attentive to procedural detail, and she often handles the complex paperwork that accompanies family law cases.
She is based at High Swartz and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania. Her current practice centers on family law matters in state court and alternative dispute resolution services in family-related cases.
