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Kurt Brynilde Arnold
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Biography
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 $ 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.
Kurt Arnold is a fierce trial lawyer who has won billions in verdicts and settlements for his clients since founding Arnold & Itkin. In fact, Kurt has recovered more than one billion dollars in verdicts and settlements in a single year multiple times and holds many records across the country.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Admiralty and Maritime
40%
Personal Injury
40%
Oil and Gas
10%
Trucking Accident
10%
Fees and Rates
Licenses
Licensed in Arizona for 2 years
State: Arizona
Acquired: 2023
No misconduct found
Licensed in Pennsylvania for 15 years
State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 2010
No misconduct found
Licensed in Texas for 23 years
State: Texas
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Location
Arnold & Itkin LLP
6009 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, 77007
arnolditkin.com/houston-personal-injury-lawyers/Arnold & Itkin LLP
835 Louisiana Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802
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3615 N. Hall Street, Dallas, TX, 75219
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1030 Andrews Hwy, Midland, TX, 79701
arnolditkin.com/houston-personal-injury-lawyers/Arnold & Itkin LLP
(855) 613-3746
Mobile
100 NE Interstate 410 Loop, Suite 650, San Antonio, TX, 78216
arnolditkin.com/houston-personal-injury-lawyers/Online Presence
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"Kurt and his firm are truly "Top Shelf" attorneys and people. They care for their clients, and I can attest that they maximize the recovery for their clients. However, clients are not just another file with Kurt and his firm. They are always grounded that the work they (we) do greatly affects real people in their time of need. Proud to endorse Kurt and his firm."
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"Kurt is someone I would recommend to anyone looking for superior representation in a personal injury case. He is a fantastic lawyer who aggressively represents his clients. I highly endorse him to anyone looking for a lawyer."
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
2023
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine
2022
500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon
2022
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine
2021
500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon
2021
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2020
500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon
2020
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2020
500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon
2020
Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine
2019
Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine
2019
500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon
2019
500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon
2019
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
2018
Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2018
500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon
2018
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2017
Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2017
Top 100: Texas Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2017
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2017
500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon
2017
Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers
2016
Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
2016
America’s Elite Trial Lawyers, The National Law Journal
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2015
Top 100 Attorneys, National Association of Distinguished Counsel
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
America’s Elite Trial Lawyers, The National Law Journal
2015
Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
2014
Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine
2013
Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine
2011
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine
2010
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine
2009
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine
2006
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine
2005
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine
N/A
Top 40 Under 40, Houston Business Journal
N/A
Lawdragon Legends, Lawdragon
N/A
Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
N/A
Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
N/A
Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
N/A
Top 100 Trial Lawyer, National Trial Lawyers
N/A
H Texas Magazine, Top Lawyers for the People
Work Experience
2004 - Present
Partner, Arnold & Itkin, LLP
2003 - 2004
Attorney, Susman Godfrey, LLP
Associations
2019 - Present
Inner Circle of AdvocatesMember
2010 - Present
Pennsylvania Bar AssociationMember
2002 - Present
State Bar of TexasMember
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Member
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Member
American Association for Justice
Leaders Forum
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Ambulance Accident Verdict
$117 Million
Workplace Accident Settlement
$357 Million
Confidential Settlement
$205 Million
Confidential Settlement
$171 Million
Confidential Settlement
$116 Million
Defective Product Settlement
$110 Million
Education
2002
University of Texas
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.), with Honors
1998
University of Texas
BA - Bachelor of Arts, with High Honors
Speaking Engagements
2013
Choosing and Courting a Jury
Co-Chair
2012
Winter Convention
Picking a Jury
Languages
Spanish
English
Activity
Legal Guides
Legal Guides
Legal Guide
Maintaining Worker Safety in Confined Space
12 Apr 2012
Legal Guide
Who’s Responsible for a Truck Accident Caused by Malfunction?
05 Apr 2012
Legal Guide
The Impressive Port of New Orleans
05 Apr 2012