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Roland Christensen

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Attorney at Arnold & Itkin
Houston, TX9 years experience

About Roland Christensen

Roland Christensen is a trial lawyer at Arnold & Itkin LLP focusing exclusively on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. He began at Arnold & Itkin as a law clerk in 2015 and joined as an attorney after being admitted to the Texas bar in November 2016. He has been the driving force on some of the firm's largest and most complex cases. While at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School, he was lead editor for the BYU Law Review, the highest achiever in his legal writing and advanced appellate brief classes, and spent two years as a legal writing teaching assistant, even authoring a 150-page legal writing manual used by first-year writing classes at the school.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$411,687,387.36 (verdict; on appeal)Verdict

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 →
$209.2 millionVerdict

A Harris County jury awarded Laura Schneider and her three children $209.2 million after finding that Terra Energy Partners hid a known hantavirus danger that killed her husband, Karl.

Harris County District Court, Houston, TX · 2023Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
JD
Brigham Young University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Louisiana
State Bar of California
State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of Utah
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
State Bar of Multiple U.S. District Courts (S/E/W/N Districts)
American Academy of Attorneys

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers — Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs (2026)
Best Lawyers — Admiralty & Maritime Law (2024-2026)
Best Lawyers — Product Liability Litigation Plaintiffs (2026)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2022-2025)
Magna Cum Laude — Top 20 of class, BYU Law

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$15.3 billion · Texas Recovers $15.3 Billion From Tobacco Industry in Landmark 1998 Settlement
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$32 million · Barn Door Collapse at Midtown Hilton Garden Inn Leads to $32 Million Verdict, Later Reduced to $12 Million
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$37.5 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for the Family of Trucker Shamsher Singh, Killed by a Distracted Oncor Driver