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About Ali Poulson

Ali (Alexandra Faye) Poulson is a trial attorney at Arnold & Itkin LLP in Houston, where she focuses primarily on catastrophic workplace injuries, maritime, and offshore accidents. She grew up in a small Utah town where her father owned a manufacturing shop, an experience that shaped her commitment to worker safety. Ali found her passion for litigation in law school as one of her school's top trial competitors, becoming a National Semi-Finalist at the National Trial Competition, competing in the Tournament of Champions, and earning a National Institute of Trial Advocacy Certification. Her career at Arnold & Itkin began as a law clerk during her last semester in law school.

After passing the bar, she worked briefly in Utah before moving to Houston to take on her dream job as a Trial Attorney. Ali has been a key member of trial teams that secured an $860 million verdict in a 2023 crane fatality case, $278.8 million for victims of a wellsite accident, a record-breaking $164.5 million for the victim of a refinery accident, $125 million for victims of a car crash, and a $1.9 million verdict in a multi-defendant bus crash case. She earned her B.F.A. in Theatre from the University of Utah and her J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.

Practice areas

Education

J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
J.D.
University of Utah
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Utah
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2025)
National Semi-Finalist, National Trial Competition
National Institute of Trial Advocacy Certification

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