About Akers Law

Akers Law, P.C. is a litigation firm in Irvine serving clients across Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties. The firm represents injured people, parties to contract disputes, and employers in wage and hour matters.

Personal injury Civil litigation Employment

Founding attorney

Meet Kristina

Kristina Akers was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from UCLA and her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she also earned a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.

B.A., Anthropology UCLA
J.D. Pepperdine University School of Law
Certificate in Dispute Resolution Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

Background

Experience

During law school

Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office

During law school, Kristina worked as a certified clerk in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Victim Impact Program, assisting in the prosecution of sexual assault and domestic violence cases.

During law school

Pepperdine Restoration and Justice Clinic

As a student attorney in Pepperdine’s Restoration and Justice Clinic, she and her partner tried and won a restraining order hearing.

After law school

Orange County personal injury firm

After law school, Kristina joined an Orange County personal injury firm as a law clerk and became an attorney there after passing the bar.

She has handled personal injury cases at every stage:

Pre-litigation
Written discovery
Depositions
Law and motion
Pre- and post-trial motions

Her employment work includes wage and hour and PAGA matters on both the employee and employer side.

Off the clock

Outside the office

Kristina spends her time with her husband, two daughters, and their dogs. She is a Taylor Swift fan and a Dodgers fan, in that order.

Taylor Swift
Dodgers