Kurt Arnold
Founding Partner
- 23 yrs experience
- Houston, TX
- Texas
- Pennsylvania
- Arizona
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Fifth Circuit
- Second Circuit
- Third Circuit
- U.S. District Courts (Southern, Eastern, Western, Northern Districts of Texas)
- JD
- University of Texas School of Law2002
- Undergraduate
- University of Texas at Austin1998
- 01Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2026 — Product Liability Litigation (Houston)
- 02Best Lawyers in America (Admiralty/Maritime, Personal Injury, Mass Tort, Product Liability)
- 03Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
- 04National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyer Top 50
- 05Texas Super Lawyers (2013-2025)
- 06National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- Inner Circle of Advocates
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- Distinguished Counsel
Background
Kurt Arnold is the co-founder of Arnold & Itkin LLP, which he established with Jason Itkin in 2004 at age 25. He has secured over $25 billion in verdicts and settlements for clients, routinely winning more than $1 billion annually. He has won more than a dozen jury verdicts and settlements over $100 million, over 100 in excess of $10 million, and more than 1,000 recoveries exceeding $1 million. He focuses on catastrophic personal injury, admiralty/maritime injury law, product liability, and insurance bad faith claims, with a particular reputation for representing offshore workers and victims of industrial disasters.
Notable cases
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$8 billion product liability verdict (largest single-plaintiff verdict in U.S. history)
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$2.25 billion Roundup/Monsanto verdict
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$357.7 million Texas workplace accident settlement
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$254 million plant explosion settlement
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$193 million offshore pipeline explosion
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$185 million seamen severe weather injuries
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$117 million Louisiana personal injury verdict
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