Vera Serova

Vera represents the firm’s clients in various litigation matters, including shareholder disputes, joint venture disputes, investor disputes, business torts, and real estate landlord/tenant and buyer/seller disputes.

She has represented talent, producers, content creators, and product manufacturers in entertainment, copyright, and trademark-related litigation. She has substantial experience in First Amendment issues and disputes arising from speech and has both prepared winning anti-SLAPP motions and successfully overcome anti-SLAPP defenses.

Vera has also prosecuted and defended against a variety of consumer fraud, false advertising, and Consumer Legal Remedies Act claims and advised clients on the optimal resolution of such matters from the perspectives of both case economics and long-term business ramifications.

Before joining the firm, Vera brought a music-related consumer fraud class action which, after 8 years of litigation, resulted in a California Supreme Court victory.

In her spare time, Vera provides pro bono services to Ukrainian refugees resettling in the United States. She serves as a regulatory liaison and advocate for Ukrainians with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and handles administrative appeals helping refugees secure public benefits and in-state tuition in colleges. Her work with Nova Ukraine’s Refugee Support Project has led to features in the Wall Street Journal and The New Voice of Ukraine.

Vera came into law after more than a decade in the IT industry, in Silicon Valley and abroad, where she facilitated the development and implementation of hi-tech software.