Victims’ Recovery
Law Center

The Victims’ Recovery Law Center was founded in July of 2007 by David P. Thiruselvam, under its previous name, The Law Offices of David P. Thiruselvam LLC. Mr. Thiruselvam began his legal career as a public defender in Philadelphia before becoming a highly-successful house counsel for an insurance company, until he realized his true calling as an advocate for crime victims and individuals who have suffered catastrophic personal injury.

When the firm first started accepting crime victims as clients, there were only a few law firms who represented crime victims in civil cases. Since opening its doors in July of 2007, this firm has become one of the area’s prominent law firms dedicated to representing victims of crime in civil cases. Since 2017, this multi-attorney practice has included Keith Thomas West, an experienced trial attorney and former judicial clerk who has handled many complex lawsuits on behalf of crime victims and catastrophically injured plaintiffs.

The Victims’ Recovery Law Center has often accepted cases on behalf of severely injured victims that were previously declined by several of the area’s major law firms, usually because these firms lacked the expertise necessary to provide compensation for victims of crime. However, our firm has successfully resolved almost all of these previously-rejected cases in the clients’ favor, often with a substantial settlement or jury verdict. A typical case that this firm was able to handle successfully after it was rejected by many other firms was the case of a
single father who was shot in the face by the local drug dealer when he exited his apartment building to get his son some pizza. Although the five law firms that rejected this case told the client they were sorry for what happened to him but unable to help, we successfully filed suit against the management company of the apartment building for allowing the drug dealer to ply his trade and terrorize the residents, and settled the case for a substantial, confidential seven-figure amount.

In addition to many shooting cases, we have successfully represented our clients in cases involving victims of professional malpractice, sexual assault, the abuse of minors, sex-trafficking, alcohol service and over-intoxication, murder, arson, fraud, terrorism, police excessive force, inadequate security, civil rights violations, nuisance properties, property collapse, assault and battery, whistleblowers, and involving corporations, governments, and religious institutions that have permitted abuse, and many more.