Email krystal.lyons@streamkim.com
With over 20 years of experience, Krystal Lyons has served as trusted counsel to a broad range of clients in various industries and across a wide spectrum of practice areas, including general business, commercial litigation, eminent domain, municipal law, condominium and homeowners’ association law, appellate practice, and employment law matters. Krystal’s litigation practice includes shepherding cases through every stage of litigation—from investigation to trial and appeal. She guides clients through all forms of alternative dispute resolution but when those efforts are unsuccessful, Krystal will not hesitate to try a case before a jury or arbitrator.
Krystal has achieved a balanced approach to her employment practice through her representation of both plaintiffs and defendants. Krystal has sought justice for single plaintiff and multi-plaintiff clients who have faced discrimination in the workplace or who have been wrongfully terminated and she has also defended corporate clients in matters involving discipline, discharge, enforcement of restrictive covenants, employment discrimination, and reductions in force.
Krystal’s business transactional practice includes advising clients in all aspects of their business operations—from startup to the lamentable process of windup. Years of experience serving as legal counsel for Fortune 500 companies and large municipalities have been instrumental in honing her experience in organizational management, organizational learning, and process improvement methodologies. Over the course of her career, Krystal’s practice has evolved from providing legal advice and serving as trial counsel into supporting her clients in broader capacities such as personnel management, change management, and performance improvement. She has supplemented her legal experience with formal academic experience by earning an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership and becoming certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Before joining Stream Kim, Krystal was General Counsel & Director of Legal Services for the San Bernardino Superior Court where she served as legal advisor and in-house counsel for the court in performing a wide range of complex legal services and providing leadership and administrative oversight for the Legal Research Department. Krystal’s varied career also includes higher education where she served as the Director of Operations & Budget at the University of La Verne College of Law where she was responsible for managing the overall administration of the law school which included strategic planning, administrative operations, co-curricular activities, finance and budget management, procurement, campus safety, shared governance, and risk management with respect to premises liability, contractual liability, and regulatory compliance.
Krystal is licensed to practice law in California, Michigan, and Georgia.