Gregory S. Bergman

Biography

Greg’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, constitutional litigation, and government investigations and regulatory compliance matters.

Greg has nine years of experience with M&A and business disputes, commercial real estate, fraud, and defamation litigation. Greg has handled a broad range of state and federal constitutional issues such as education funding, due process, Section 1983, Title IX, and federal abstention jurisprudence. Greg takes federal and state cases from inception through trial and appeal, with victories at the motion to dismiss, summary judgment, and appellate stages of litigation.

Greg also counsels clients encountering regulatory/compliance issues. In this role, Greg advises political action committees on Federal Election Campaign Act issues and state-level campaign finance investigations. He also develops and implements internal control programs to help clients assess risk and avoid compliance investigations or other regulatory issues.

Greg focuses his pro bono efforts on voting rights, including as a voting rights analyst and poll watcher. During law school, Greg served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy and as a judicial extern to the Honorable Joel H. Slomsky of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Outside the Firm

Greg is actively involved in Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and its young supporters group, Justice Rising Advocates, on which he serves as Chair. On Saturday mornings you can find him cleaning up Palmer Park in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia along with other members of the Friends of Palmer Park.

In his free time, Greg loves to hike (particularly in the Catskills) and is a regular at the live music and standup comedy venues around Philadelphia.

Recognitions

  • 2021–2024, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
  • 2018–2023, “Pennsylvania Rising Star” in Business Litigation, listed in Super Lawyers®

Affiliations

Professional Activities

Greg was selected as a Buchholz Fellow for 2023–2024 by the Committee of Seventy. The Committee of Seventy is a nonpartisan civic leadership organization that advances representative, ethical and effective government in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania through citizen engagement and public policy advocacy. Buchholz Fellows, named after former Blank Rome managing partner Carl Buchholz, “are emerging young leaders…working in the private or nonprofit sector who embody the qualities that Carl Buchholz exhibited in his life and work: personal and professional integrity, a strong work ethic, collaborative spirit, a superior intellect and a passion for improving his community.”

Greg serves as Chair of Justice Rising Advocates, the young supporters group for Community Legal Services of Philadelphia. He is an active member of the Friends of Palmer Park.

Credentials

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Wisconsin

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, BA, summa cum laude
  • Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, JD, cum laude