Kiley M. Verbanac
Kiley M. Verbanac
Biography
Kiley M. Verbanac is an Associate in the Pittsburgh office of Burns White, where she is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, Appellate Practice Group, and Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence Practice Group. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, banking and financial services, and business practices and commercial transactions.
Before joining the firm as an Associate, Ms. Verbanac worked as a summer law clerk at Burns White for two years. During that time, she completed a rotation with the Retail Banking and Lending Department at PNC Bank, where she gained valuable experience in complex financial transactions and commercial lending compliance. While completing her J.D., she continued to work part-time with the firm until her graduation.
Ms. Verbanac earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was an active member of Law Review and participated extensively in oral advocacy competitions. She competed in the Case Classic Mock Trial Competition in Cleveland, Ohio, and the 30th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria. Her team placed in the top ten out of nearly 400 teams worldwide. Following this achievement, she continued her involvement with the competition as a coach for both Pitt Law’s team and Tunisia’s University of Carthage. She was also a finalist in Pitt Law’s Appellate Moot Court Competition and the Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition.
In recognition of her advocacy skills, Ms. Verbanac was inducted into The Order of the Barristers, a national honor society for law students who demonstrate excellence in oral and written advocacy.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy, summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh.
Ms. Verbanac is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Credentials
Areas of Law
- Appellate
- Banking and Financial Services
- Business Practices and Commercial Transactions
- Complex and Commercial Litigation
- Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence
- Litigation
Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 2024)
- University of Pittsburgh (B.A. summa cum laude, 2021)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Memberships
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Member, 2021 – Present
- The Order of the Barristers, Member, 2024 – Present
- Secured the reversal of a nearly $100,000 property tax assessment that was imposed on a hospital after it had purchased and took over operations of a 57-acre park in Indiana County. In May 2024, the hospital purchased the park from a non-profit foundation for nearly $4 million. Since the time of its establishment, the park was exempt from the assessment of real property taxes. In August 2024, however, the county’s assessment office notified the hospital that the park would lose its tax-exempt status starting in 2025. Based on the value of the property, the change in assessment would result in an annual tax liability of nearly $100,000 for the hospital. After receiving notice of the assessment change, Burns White attorneys filed an appeal and application for exemption from taxation with the County’s Board of Assessment Appeals, arguing that the park was exempt from taxation under the Pennsylvania’s Constitution, the Purely Public Charity Act, and the Consolidated County Assessment Law. Before a hearing could be held on the hospital’s complaint, however, the County’s Assessment Office changed course and reversed its prior determination, thus agreeing that the park was exempt from real property taxes under the Pennsylvania Constitution, the Purely Public Charity Act, and Consolidated County Assessment Law.
