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About Kurt Arnold
Kurt Arnold is the co-founder of Arnold & Itkin LLP, which he established with Jason Itkin in 2004 at age 25. He has secured over $25 billion in verdicts and settlements for clients, routinely winning more than $1 billion annually. He has won more than a dozen jury verdicts and settlements over $100 million, over 100 in excess of $10 million, and more than 1,000 recoveries exceeding $1 million. He focuses on catastrophic personal injury, admiralty/maritime injury law, product liability, and insurance bad faith claims, with a particular reputation for representing offshore workers and victims of industrial disasters.
Proven verdicts and settlements
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Practice areas
Education
University of Texas School of Law
JD, 2002
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate, 1998
Bar admissions & credentials
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of Arizona
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
State Bar of Fifth Circuit
State Bar of Second Circuit
State Bar of Third Circuit
State Bar of U.S. District Courts (Southern, Eastern, Western, Northern Districts of Texas)
Inner Circle of Advocates
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Distinguished Counsel
Awards & recognition
Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2026 — Product Liability Litigation (Houston)
Best Lawyers in America (Admiralty/Maritime, Personal Injury, Mass Tort, Product Liability)
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyer Top 50
Texas Super Lawyers (2013-2025)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
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Andrew Bowman
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