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Overview
When something bad happens, Kurt fights for his clients...
When something bad happens, Kurt fights for his clients...
When Kurt Arnold represents someone, he's all in. He's won billions for his clients, helping plaintiffs win historic victories in the face of the largest challenges. For Kurt, no fight is too difficult or complicated. He has helped clients recover losses after major maritime disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the El Faro tragedy. Kurt's work has even led to nationwide recalls for unsafe products.When something bad happens, Kurt fights for his clients. He never backs down, no matter how big the challenge. Kurt co-founded Arnold & Itkin at 25 and has since won 50+ jury verdicts and settlements exceeding $10 million and 500+ settlements and verdicts amounting to $1 million or more.
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 commercial 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, $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 U.S. history
- Largest settlement for a man killed offshore in U.S. history
- Largest settlement for families injured in a plant explosion in U.S. history
- Largest settlement for an undocumented worker in U.S. history
- Largest settlement for a worker injured in Texas oilfield
- Largest jury verdicts in multiple states
- Largest settlements in multiple maritime tragedies
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 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® for multiple years running in Admiralty and Maritime Law and Personal Injury Litigation. In 2019, he joined one of the most prestigious organizations in the legal profession: The Inner Circle of Advocates.
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 and has handled cases in nearly all 50 states.
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.
About Kurt Arnold
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Offshore Injuries & Maritime Law
- Plant & Refinery Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- Catastrophic Injuries
- Product Liability
- Industrial Injuries
- Medical Injuries
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Oil Rig Explosions
- Aviation Accidents
- Oilfield Accidents
- Train & Railroad Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Insurance Claims
Current Employment Position(s)
- Founding Partner
Languages
- English (Primary)
- Spanish
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- Texas
- Pennsylvania
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, May, 2002
Honors: With Honors
Honors: Member, Order of the Coif
Honors: Top 10 Percent of His Class
Honors: Dean's Achievement Award - University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1998
B.A.
Honors: With High Honors
Major: Government
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Kurt Arnold
Included on the 2022 Texas list
Past Lists
- 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Texas Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Member of the Inner Circle of Advocates
- Best Lawyers® for Admiralty and Maritime Law, 2016-2021
- Best Lawyers® for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, 2018-2021
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2017-2020
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2019-2020
- 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, 2013-2019
- 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
Office Information
Address
6009 Memorial Drive Houston, TX 77007
Phone
Fax
- (713) 222-3850
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Office Hours
Open 24 Hours
Websites
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