About Us

Prior to our founding in 2004, Mr. Bergmann served as an appellate litigator in VA’s Office of the General Counsel, Appellate Litigation Division, in Washington, DC. He currently supervises the firm’s appellate practice and has successfully represented more than 12,000 Veterans and their family members before the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Mr. Bergmann currently serves on the Court’s Judicial Advisory Committee. He previously served as the president of the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Bar Association from 2010 to 2011, and also served on its Board of Governors from 2009 to 2012. He is a past member of the Court’s Rules Advisory Committee and Admission and Practice Committee. He is a frequent lecturer on Veterans’ law issues involving disability claims before Veteran Service Organizations and testified before Congress on behalf of one of his clients before securing a complete grant of benefits. He has been interviewed about Veterans’ benefits issues by the Washington Post, Austin American Statesman, USA Today, and FOX News. Mr. Bergmann graduated from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, in 1994, with a double major in History and German. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law in 1999. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland (1999) and the District of Columbia (2000). He currently practices before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (2001) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2005).