About Kala Sellers

Kala Sellers is Of Counsel at Arnold & Itkin LLP and an accomplished trial attorney who won her first seven-figure verdict during her initial year at the firm. Practicing since 2014, she has litigated cases across numerous courthouses nationwide and secured multiple seven- and eight-figure verdicts. Kala focuses on catastrophic personal injury, offshore accidents, and commercial vehicle cases. She is committed to understanding clients and providing answers and resolution beyond the courthouse.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Arnold & Itkin

These results are credited to Arnold & Itkin. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Cobb County, Georgia jury found that Monsanto's Roundup caused John Barnes's non-Hodgkin lymphoma and awarded him $2.065 billion, with Arnold & Itkin's Kyle Findley serving as lead trial lawyer.

Georgia (state court) · 2025Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$557 millionVerdict

A Harris County jury awarded Mary Johnson $557 million against Union Pacific for a 2016 Houston train strike that cost her a leg, several fingers, and left her with a brain injury, a figure the trial court later cut and an appeals court reversed for a new trial.

Harris County District Court, Houston, TX · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Jose Valdivia, 25, was building scaffolding at the Phillips 66 refinery in Lake Charles when a co-worker above him lost his grip on a steel scaffold bar. It struck him on the head and spine through a hard hat and full protective equipment. He is in a wheelchair with limited speech. Brock never reported the accident to OSHA.

19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA · 2025Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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. The trial court cut the $500 million exemplary award under the Texas statutory cap before signing judgment in August 2023, entering $360,012,006 in compensatory damages jointly and severally against the three Greystar entities plus prejudgment interest, and Greystar's appeal, argued in February 2026, is undecided.

Dallas County District Court, TX · 2023Wrongful DeathRead 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 · 2021Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Baylor Law School
J.D.
Duke University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Louisiana
State Bar of U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs (2026)
Best Lawyers - Admiralty & Maritime Law (2024-2026)
Super Lawyers (2025)
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2022-2023)

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$812 Million Verdict for Family of Worker Killed in Pecos Chemical Plant Explosion, Part of $1.6 Billion
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$28.59 million · Jury Finds ExxonMobil 100% Liable for Baytown Plant Explosion, Awards Five Workers $28.59 Million

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