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Jason Itkin

Jason Itkin

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Founding Partner at Arnold & Itkin
Houston, TX23 years experience
Car Accidents

About Jason Itkin

Jason Itkin is the co-founder of Arnold & Itkin LLP, which he established with Kurt Arnold in 2004. He is recognized nationally as a leading trial lawyer with record-breaking verdicts and settlements, having won several of the largest jury verdicts in U.S. history. He has secured over $3.5 billion in verdicts and settlements in the past 12 months alone, and has negotiated settlements exceeding $1 billion for individual clients. The University of Texas School of Law honored him with an Alumni Award for his contributions to mentoring the next generation of trial lawyers. In college he studied under the Plan II Honors Program and served as President of the Silver Spurs.

Notable case results

$860 millionVerdict

A Dallas County jury found developer Greystar liable for the 2019 tower crane collapse that killed 29-year-old Kiersten Smith in her apartment, returning an $860 million verdict that Jason and Cory Itkin helped win for her family.

Dallas County District Court, TX · 2023Read the full story →
$222 millionVerdict

A Fort Bend County jury awarded $222 million to the widow of Jesse Henson, a power-plant repairman scalded to death by superheated steam from a relief valve serviced by Team Industrial Services, a judgment a Texas appeals court later reversed before dismissing the case on the ground that it belonged in Kansas.

Fort Bend County District Court, TX · 2021Read the full story →
$8 billionVerdict

Against Johnson & Johnson — top 3 largest in U.S. history

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$2.25 billionVerdict

Monsanto Roundup verdict

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$860 millionVerdict

Wrongful death verdict in Texas

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$357.7 millionSettlement

Texas workplace accident settlement

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$222 millionVerdict

Fatal industrial accident verdict

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$175 millionVerdict

Roundup cancer verdict

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$117 millionVerdict

Louisiana personal injury verdict

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$76.6 millionVerdict

In Pennsylvania

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$42 millionVerdict

In Hawaii

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents

Education

University of Texas School of Law
JD
University of Texas at Austin (Plan II Honors)
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
Inner Circle of Advocates (youngest member when invited; 2024 Vice-President / President-Elect)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year — Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions Plaintiffs (2025)
Best Lawyers in America 2018-2026
Super Lawyers 2013-2025
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2017-2026
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40 (2011)
Dean's Achievement Award in Professional Responsibility (UT Law)
UT Law Alumni Award

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