Fullerton, CA

Pamela Tahim Thakur

PAMELA TAHIM THAKUR is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Thakur Law Firm, APC. With more than fifteen years of experience, Pamela maintains a diverse practice that includes complex litigation in the areas of employment, business law, family law and real estate, as well as transactional services in tax and estate planning and health care law. She has been selected as a Super Lawyers® "Rising Star" every year since 2016 and a Super Lawyer for litigation in both 2020 and 2021. She is also a top-rated 10.0 lawyer on Avvo, and is a certified Lawyer of Distinction. Pamela regularly represents business clients and medical practices in litigation matters and provides advice, counseling, and educational training to organizations of all sizes, assisting with compliance and providing measures to avoid litigation. Thakur Law Firm is the preferred law firm for the physicians and medical practices of Riverside County Medical Association and San Bernardino Medical Society. Pamela frequently provides lectures to the physicians with both of these groups on best practices. She also currently serves as outside general counsel for the Community Action Partnership of Orange County, a charitable nonprofit. Pamela has extensive experience as a litigator and trial attorney in both jury and court cases in state and federal court. In 2019, she served as class counsel in a major wage and hour class action settlement, representing more than a thousand private school teachers and classroom aids, prevailing on summary judgment against an employer in a high-stakes employment discrimination matter. Pamela has also been featured in national news coverage of cases in which she represented injured former UCLA football team players against both the school and the NCAA in matters related to concussions and other catastrophic injuries along with high profile celebrity cases involving business disputes. Before starting her own law firm, Pamela worked as a senior associate at well-known Southern California based law firm for over nine years, where she was co-chair of the firm's healthcare practice and where she second-chaired the firm's largest jury trial victory of over $13 million in a misappropriation of trade secrets case. Pamela is an excellent negotiator and has settled numerous matters before litigation and at all stages through appeal. She was also legal counsel in the first-ever binding federal jury trial arbitration in California. Pamela graduated with a J.D. and LLM in Taxation from the University of San Diego, School of Law in 2005 and received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Minor in Spanish at UCLA. She is multi-lingual in Spanish, Hindi and Punjabi. Pamela is active in social and charitable causes outside of her law practice. She was appointed to the Federal Hass Avocado Commission from 2016-2017 and appointed to the City of Fullerton's Citizen Infrastructure Review Committee from 2017-2019. She has served as Treasurer of Women's Transitional Living Center. She formerly served as President and Vice-President of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California, Public Interest Foundation. Pamela is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, South Asian Bar Association of Southern California, and the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce. She is the former Chair of the Orange County Bar Association's Health Care Section. Pamela is admitted to practice before all California state courts, the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. Tax Court.

Chris Russell

For over 40 years, Personal Injury Lawyer Chris Russell has represented over 10,000 clients in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties regarding their personal injury claims. He is a highly respected and experienced attorney who puts his clients’ interests first. As a result, he has obtained over $300 million in personal injury compensation on behalf of his clients. Chris personally understands how overwhelming it is to be involved in a severe accident, as he has had several close family members suffer accident-related injuries, including his two youngest daughters, who an intoxicated boat driver seriously injured. Chris has been practicing law since 1984 and is the founder and principal partner of Russell & Lazarus APC. The firm of Russell & Lazarus was established in 1998 and is located in Newport Beach, California, with offices serving the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Sacramento, and Orange. Mr. Russell began his practice with the premise that by meeting the needs of his clients first, the needs of his firm and his employees would also be met. Mr. Russell coached high school football as a way to put himself through college. He practices law and lives by the motto of former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz: 1. Do right by people at all times; 2. Do everything to the best of your ability; 3. Show people you care. Chris and his associates have successfully litigated over 10,000 personal injury claims to verdict or claims settled before trial or arbitration, ranging in value from $25,000 to $16.2 million. Chris belongs to the American Association of Justice (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association), the Consumer Attorneys Of California, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. Chris has also been admitted to all of the courts of the State of California and has argued cases in the Federal Courts and the California Court of Appeals. He shares strategies and communicates daily with his Plaintiff attorney colleagues across California on trial tactics, judge selection, expert witness background information, medical provider credibility, etc. These strategies help put his clients in the best position to allow them to resolve their injuries as quickly as possible and to obtain fair compensation from at-fault parties often represented by insurance companies that seem to have lost the ability even to understand the definition of “fair.” He has worked on almost every type of personal injury claim imaginable, including motor vehicle collisions, product liability claims, slip, trip, and fall claims, premises liability claims, animal-inflicted injury claims, work-related claims, sexual assault claims, and the list goes on. The common theme to all of these claims was that someone was injured and they needed help. Chris’ goal in helping people is twofold: get them better and get them fair compensation. Chris has recovered compensation on behalf of his clients 95% of the time. Chris does not shy away from taking on complex liability claims when the injuries are substantial, which is why it is not 100%. Chris has been blessed to be married to Helene for 32 years. He has four grown daughters, who, along with his wife, are the loves of his life. His current hobbies are few, as he lives a busy life practicing law, helping his clients, and keeping up with weddings and the college comings and goings of his daughters. When his girls were active in sports, he coached, sponsored, or helped coach more than 50 of their sports teams. When he has spare time, Chris enjoys giving back to the community in the context of activities or events that involve preventing injuries or honoring those injured or killed in accidents. Chris has been a primary sponsor of the Sarah DeMille annual cross-country race, which was established in memory of one of his daughters’ classmates who died tragically in a car crash. Chris is also a primary sponsor for “Swim for Life,” an organization devoted to preventing child drowning, which is still the number one cause of death for children under the age of 5 in Orange County. Chris is the third of six children, and his youngest brother, John, is heading up his affiliate office in Northern California, Russell & Philbrick.

Kevin Crockett

Meet Kevin Crockett, the esteemed managing attorney and founder of Crockett Law Group located in Irvine, California. With a steadfast dedication to securing justice for the injured, Kevin is a seasoned professional well-versed in the complexities of personal injury law, with a focus on car accident claims. Kevin graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Irvine, with a degree in criminology, law and society. Continuing his academic journey at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, he earned his Juris Doctor. Throughout his career, Kevin has exclusively focused on personal injury cases, honing his expertise in the field. Renowned for his professionalism, personable demeanor, and prompt responsiveness, Kevin provides thorough explanations, proactive communication, and tenacious pursuit of fair settlements. His qualities inspire confidence during challenging times, fostering strong attorney-client relationships grounded in trust and effective advocacy. Prior to founding Crockett Law Group, Kevin served as a senior attorney at a leading Southern California personal injury firm, where he assisted over a thousand accident victims and secured millions in compensation statewide. Driven by a passion for personalized client attention, he established his own firm to offer hands-on representation to clients. Outside of his legal work, Kevin extends his knowledge through articles and press releases, enriching the legal community’s understanding. His contributions have been published in Plaintiff’s Magazine and Advocate Magazine. He’s also appeared on television programs like Desert Chat, hosted by Coachella Valley’s Sandie Newton. Additionally, Kevin actively supports the LGBT community through sponsorships and involvement, being a part of it himself.

Marc Lazarus

Mr. Lazarus has served as lead counsel on hundreds of litigated actions in which he has taken and/or defended over a thousand depositions of parties, witnesses, and experts. He has also represented clients as lead counsel on approximately five bench trials, approximately twenty jury trials, approximately one hundred binding arbitrations, more than a hundred judicial arbitrations, and over two hundred mediations, mandatory settlement conferences, and voluntary settlement conferences. As proof of success, Marc has received recognition as a 2022 Southern California Super Lawyer, and a Clients’ Choice Award from Avvo. For more than twelve years prior to becoming a plaintiff personal injury attorney, Mr. Lazarus worked as a paralegal with several plaintiff personal injury law firms, and he has extensive experience in working with individuals who have been injured in automobile collisions, motorcycle collisions, bus accidents, slip and falls, trip and falls, falls from ladders, product-related injuries, medical malpractice claims, and work-related claims. He specializes in cases resulting in traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, shoulder injuries, wrist and hand injuries, knee injuries, and ankle injuries. Mr. Lazarus’ knowledge in the area of medicine has served to greatly improve the value of his clients’ cases throughout his career. Mr. Lazarus has had the privilege of giving back some of his experience to the legal community including his work as an instructor at the University of California at Irvine and at Southern California College of Business and Law in their American Bar Association-approved paralegal certification programs. Mr. Lazarus has offered his services as a pro bono arbitrator through the Los Angeles Superior Court and is still an active member of the panel of arbitrators. He has also served as a pro bono mediator in resolving disputes in several limited jurisdiction civil actions in Orange County. Mr. Lazarus has been married to his wife Cathy for 19 years. He has enjoyed the privilege of serving as a Boy Scout Den Leader for Pack 632 for three consecutive years, and on weekends he has volunteered as an AYSO Assistant Soccer Coach in Regional 1422 for the past five years. Mr. Lazarus is currently a member of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles and spoke at the Arbitration: Procedure & Practice conference when invited to the CAALA convention as a featured speaker. He is also a member of Consumer Attorneys of California, and the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, and Mr. Lazarus enjoys attending classes at Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers’ College offered on a regular basis throughout the United States.

Conor Stanton

Conor Stanton is the founder of Stanton Law. He gained valuable experience working for a prominent Los Angeles insurance defense firm before representing plaintiffs at Orange County personal injury firms. He is passionate about securing compensation for his clients and has recovered over $10,000,000. He focuses on providing personalized attention to each client.

Craig Crockett brings a wealth of experience in complex litigation to his role as a partner at Crockett Law Group, specializing in personal injury law. Prior to joining the firm, Craig built a distinguished career in intellectual property litigation as a partner at Troutman Pepper in San Francisco, where he focused on patent litigation and other commercial litigation matters. His legal journey began with a solid foundation in science, having performed scientific research in molecular biology. Craig’s diverse background includes roles at top-tier law firms such as Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg and Winston & Strawn LLP, where he honed his skills in intellectual property and commercial disputes. He also served as a Judicial Extern for the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Craig holds a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and advanced degrees in Biological Chemistry and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics from UCLA. Before his legal career, Craig worked as a Research Associate at Xencor, applying his scientific expertise in the biotech industry. Now, as a dedicated advocate for personal injury clients at Crockett Law Group, Craig combines his litigation prowess with a client-focused approach to achieve favorable outcomes for those affected by serious injuries.

MIGUEL CUSTODIO, JR.

Mr. Custodio is a co-founding partner of Custodio & Dubey LLP. Prior to co-founding the firm, he was the sole partner at the Law Offices of Miguel A. Custodio, Jr., where he successfully handled numerous family law and personal injury cases. He has honed his litigation skills through numerous court hearings, depositions, mediations and trials. Mr. Custodio is an aggressive lawyer whose goal is to vigorously fight for his clients. Fully aware that no two cases are exactly alike, his experience at creating a specific strategy to achieve maximum results is exceptional.