Kurt Arnold | Houston Personal Injury Lawyer

When Kurt Arnold represents someone, he’s all in. He’s won billions for his clients. In fact, he has recovered more than $1 billion in a single year multiple times and shattered records with his historic verdicts and settlements. He has helped clients recover losses after major maritime disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon and the El Faro. For Kurt, no fight is too difficult or complicated. He refuses to take “no” for an answer.

When something bad happens, Kurt fights for his clients, no matter what. He never backs down, no matter how big the challenge. Kurt co-founded Arnold & Itkin at 25 and has since won more than a dozen jury verdicts and settlements in excess of $100 million, over 100 jury verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million, more than 1,000 recoveries exceeding $1 million, and multiple nationwide product recalls.

Kurt’s record-setting verdicts include a $117 million recovery, the largest in single-plaintiff personal injury verdict in Louisiana. He holds a record in Hawaii after securing a $42 million verdict. He broke a U.S. record when he obtained a $44 million verdict on behalf of a single-leg amputee. He’s won record-setting individual recoveries for clients of $92.7 million, $87 million, $81 million, $78 million, and $72 million. Kurt has also achieved record settlements for workplace accidents of $357.7 million and $171 million.

Other record-setting results earned by Kurt include:

• Largest settlement for an individual burned at a worksite in United States history.
• Largest settlement for a wrongful death case in United States history.
• Largest settlement for a man killed offshore in United States history.
• Largest settlement for families injured in a plant explosion in United States history.
• Largest settlement for an undocumented worker in United States history.
• Largest settlement for a worker injured in Texas oilfield.
• Largest jury verdict for a single amputee in the United States.
• Largest jury verdicts in multiple states throughout the country.

Kurt consistently receives the legal industry’s highest honors. He has been named to the top 50 Elite Trial Lawyer list by National Law Journal and was recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America. He has been named to the Best Lawyers in America® in Admiralty and Maritime Law and Personal Injury Litigation. He was also asked to join one of the most prestigious organizations in the legal profession: The Inner Circle of Advocates.

Serious accidents require the best lawyers. When people get hurt or lose someone they love, they call Kurt. To him, every case is personal. He treats his clients like family, fighting hard to get them the result they need to rebuild their lives.

Kurt attended the University of Texas, where he graduated with honors at the age of 19. He then attended the University of Texas Law School and graduated in the top 5% of his class. Kurt is licensed to practice in Texas and Pennsylvania, as well as before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kurt lives in Houston with his wife Tara and their children Jaxon and Isla. Kurt and his family attend St. Paul’s Methodist Church and are founders of the Arnold & Itkin Foundation.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Arnold & Itkin LLP		Present
Attorney	Susman Godfrey, LLP		2003 - 2004

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Texas School of Law	J.D.	Law School	2002
University of Texas	Bachelors		1998

State / Court	Date
Pennsylvania	2010
Texas	2002

• Inner Circle of Advocates | Member | 2019 - Present
  Pennsylvania Bar Association | Member | 2010 - Present
  State Bar of Texas | Member | 2002 - Present
  Texas Trial Lawyers Association | Member        
  Houston Trial Lawyers Association | Member        
  American Association for Justice | Leaders Forum
  Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association | Member

• Member of the Inner Circle of Advocates
  Best Lawyers® for Admiralty and Maritime Law (2016-2023)
  Best Lawyers® for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (2018-2023)
  Best Lawyers® for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Plaintiffs (2022-2023)
  Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2017-2020)
  Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2019-2022)
  The National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyer Top 50 List
  Texas Super Lawyers® List - One of the Youngest Lawyers in Texas History to Receive This Honor (2013-2022)
  Texas Super Lawyers® Rising Stars℠ List (2005-2006, 2009-2013)
  Top 100: Texas Super Lawyers (2017)
  Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers (2015 - 2018)
  Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers
  Top 40 Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers
  Member of the Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®
  Top 40 Under 40 Award by the Houston Business Journal
  Top Lawyers for the People by H Texas Magazine
  Founding Member of the Nation's Top 100 Attorneys by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel

• Choosing and Courting a Jury | Co-Chair | 2013
  Winter Convention | Picking a Jury | 2012

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(2002) Licensed as Attorney in Texas. Verified with Texas Bar Association.	October 24, 2017

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