Victoria Alford

Chief Legal Officer at Arnold & Itkin
Houston, TX13 years experienceAdmitted 2012

About Victoria Alford

Victoria Alford is Chief Legal Officer and a member of the executive committee at Arnold & Itkin LLP in Houston, where she has worked since 2011. Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, business disputes, and maritime and offshore accidents. Before joining Arnold & Itkin, she clerked for Harris County's 234th District Court and previously worked for a Texas State Senator and a U.S. Congressman. She helps lead firm strategy, attorney recruitment, compliance, and business development.

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

South Texas College of Law
J.D., 2011
Baylor University
Undergraduate, 2007

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 2012
State Bar of New Mexico
Arnold & Itkin Executive Committee

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers - Admiralty & Maritime Law (2024-2026)
Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs (2024-2026)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
Super Lawyers (2025)
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2016-2024)
Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2026)
American Jurisprudence Award in Family Law
Mayborn Scholarship
Bob Bullock Scholar - 81st Texas Legislative Session

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