Brittany M. Bloam is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. She represents clients facing a variety of legal issues, including land use and zoning matters, real estate litigation, and commercial disputes.
Brittany is particularly interested in the real estate development and construction industries. Her real estate practice includes representing property owners and developers in land use and zoning matters, and regularly presents on behalf of clients at public meetings and hearings. She has extensive experience creating land use strategies and working closely with her clients to implement those plans. When legal action is necessary, she also has the experience to prepare appeals, briefs, and arguments on behalf of her clients.
In addition to zoning and land use actions, Brittany has experience handling real estate litigation matters, including landlord-tenant, quiet title, eminent domain, boundary line disputes, partition actions, and property tax assessment appeals.
In her business litigation practice, Brittany works to understand her clients’ goals and delivers diligent, responsive service that balances their legal and economic objectives.
Brittany was chosen by her peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine “Rising Star” for the years 2016 – 2021 and a Best Lawyers “One to Watch” in 2023.
Represent property owners and developers in land use and zoning actions governed by local ordinances, the Municipal Planning Code, and the City of Pittsburgh Zoning Code.
Represent residential and commercial property owners in tax assessment appeals and landlord-tenant matters.
Counsel property owners and condominium associations regarding assessments, voting rights, and other obligations under governing documents, the Uniform Planned Community Act, and Uniform Condominium Act.
Counsel employers regarding employment discrimination claims and defend them in actions before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and EEOC; pursue actions regarding breaches of employment contracts and non-competition agreements.
- Selected to Pennsylvania Rising Stars List, 2016-2021
- Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch,” 2023, 2024, and 2025
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Writing & Analysis
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Member
- ACBA Women’s Institute for Leadership in Law (“WILL”), 2020-2022 Cohort Member
- Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership Landlord-Tenant Project, Volunteer
- Meyer, Unkovic & Scott Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Co-Chair
- Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition, Member
- Urban Land Institute
- CREW Pittsburgh
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2011
- B.A., Gettysburg College, 2007, magna cum laude
- CLE Presenter, “Constitutional Issues in Land Use,” National Business Institute, December 18, 2024.
- CLE Presenter, “Challenging or Appealing a Land Use Decision” National Business Institute CLE, December 18, 2024.
- “Facilitating Solar Development in Urban and Suburban Areas,” Developing Pittsburgh, Fall 2024.