Serena Gopal Bergman

Serena Gopal concentrates her practice on mass torts and complex commercial litigation. Serena has experience taking cases from inception through trial and appeal, with victories at the motion-to-dismiss, summary-judgment, trial, and appellate stages of litigation. She has experience litigating various types of disputes in state and federal court and in arbitration, such as:

• Mass tort class actions and multidistrict litigation (“MDL”)
• Products liability litigation
• Trade secret and intellectual property litigation
• Anti-Terrorism Act litigation
• Alien Tort Claims Act litigation
• Torture Victims Protection Act litigation
• Consumer fraud and false advertising class action litigation
• Data privacy class action litigation
• Commercial contract disputes and business torts
• White collar defense

Serena also consults with her clients on product recalls, regulatory compliance, and product-safety issues in various, highly regulated industries, with experience in guiding clients through product failure investigations.

Serena maintains a diverse pro bono practice. She serves as a member of Blank Rome’s Philadelphia Pro Bono Coordinating Committee. Serena also serves on the Executive Committee of Justice Rising Advocates, an organization dedicated to advancing the mission of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia. She is an active volunteer with Philadelphia’s pro bono hub, Philadelphia VIP, previously honored as Volunteer of the Month. Her practice also includes asylum and federal compassionate release pro bono cases.

• 2026, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (“LCLD”) Pathfinder
• 2025–2026, Pennsylvania “Rising Star” in Class Action & Mass Torts, listed in Super Lawyers®