Sri. V T Gopalan, Sr Advocate, Madras High Court, had worked with Sri N.G. Krishna Iyengar and then commenced his independent practice from June, 1966. He had the opportunity of assisting several eminent seniors viz., Sri R. Kesava Iyengar, Sri V.K.T. Chari, Sri M.K. Nambiar

Sri. V T Gopalan, Sr Advocate, Madras High Court, had worked with Sri N.G. Krishna Iyengar and then commenced his independent practice from June, 1966. He had the opportunity of assisting several eminent seniors viz., Sri R. Kesava Iyengar, Sri V.K.T. Chari, Sri M.K. Nambiar, Sri S. Mohan Kumaramangalam, Sri K. Parasaran, Sri K.K. Venugopal, and Sri G. Ramasamy. He was appointed as Senior Standing Counsel for Central Government in the year 1992 and resigned from the same in 1998. He was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India (South i.e. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and the then Andra Pradesh) and took charge on 24/01/2000 and continued till 05/03/2008. A distinguishing feature of his tenure as ASGI was that he represented both the Congress and BJP governments at the centre. He had a glorious career as ASGI and defended the Revenue of the Central Government and appeared in many cases including Constitutional Law, Customs, Central Excise, TRIPs, FERA and FEMA. He had also appeared before several other High Courts on special assignments by the GOI. He had the privilege of appearing for many Honorable members of the jury and Senior Lawyers.