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.
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.
- The University of Texas School of Law
- J.D. (2002) | Law
- Honors: Order of the Coif (top 10 percent of class)
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- University of Texas - Austin
- B.A. (1998) | Government
- Honors: High Honors
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- Partner
- Arnold & Itkin
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- Susman Godfrey LLP
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- Choosing and Courting a Jury
- Picking a Jury
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2016-2024; Admiralty & Maritime Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Top 100 Attorneys
- National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- 2015
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America
- Lawdragon
- 2017-2023
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
- Lawdragon
- 2019-2023
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2013-2023
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
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- Houston Trial Lawyers Association
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- American Association for Justice
- Leaders Forum
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- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
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- Inner Circle of Advocates
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- Texas Association of Consumer Lawyers
- Member
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- Pennsylvania Bar Association
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- State Bar of Texas # 24036150
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- Arizona
- State Bar of Arizona
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- Pennsylvania
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- Texas
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- 2nd Circuit
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- 3rd Circuit
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- 5th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern, Western & Northern Districts of Texas
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- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Maritime Law
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- English
- Spanish
Meet Kurt Arnold