Top best Personal Injury Lawyers Near me in ZIP 77007

When Kurt Arnold represents someone, he’s all in. He’s won billions for his clients. In fact, he has recovered more than $1 billion in a single year multiple times and shattered records with his historic verdicts and settlements. He has helped clients recover losses after major maritime disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon and the El Faro. For Kurt, no fight is too difficult or complicated. He refuses to take “no” for an answer.. When something bad happens, Kurt fights for his clients, no matter what. He never backs down, no matter how big the challenge. Kurt co-founded Arnold & Itkin at 25 and has since won more than a dozen jury verdicts and settlements in excess of $100 million, over 100 jury verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million, more than 1,000 recoveries exceeding $1 million, and multiple nationwide product recalls.. Kurt’s record-setting verdicts include a $117 million recovery, the largest in single-plaintiff personal injury verdict in Louisiana. He holds a record in Hawaii after securing a $42 million verdict. He broke a U.S. record when he obtained a $44 million verdict on behalf of a single-leg amputee. He’s won record-setting individual recoveries for clients of $92.7 million, $87 million, $81 million, $78 million, and $72 million. Kurt has also achieved record settlements for workplace accidents of $ million and $171 million.. Other record-setting results earned by Kurt include:. Kurt consistently receives the legal industry’s highest honors. He has been named to the top 50 Elite Trial Lawyer list by National Law Journal and was recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America. He has been named to the Best Lawyers in America® in Admiralty and Maritime Law and Personal Injury Litigation. He was also asked to join one of the most prestigious organizations in the legal profession: The Inner Circle of Advocates.. Serious accidents require the best lawyers. When people get hurt or lose someone they love, they call Kurt. To him, every case is personal. He treats his clients like family, fighting hard to get them the result they need to rebuild their lives.. Kurt attended the University of Texas, where he graduated with honors at the age of 19. He then attended the University of Texas Law School and graduated in the top 5% of his class. Kurt is licensed to practice in Texas and Pennsylvania, as well as before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and before the U.S. Supreme Court.. Kurt lives in Houston with his wife Tara and their children Jaxon and Isla. Kurt and his family attend St. Paul’s Methodist Church and are founders of the Arnold & Itkin Foundation.

Scott is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and has been practicing law since 1994.  He has tried numerous cases to verdict, and has helped hundreds of clients seek and obtain justice in the court system.  He specializes in personl injury, insurance bad faith and commercial litigation.. When not praticing law, Scott is an actice member of St. Martha's Catholic Church in Kingwood, Soccer Coach for Texas Heatwave, Cubmaster and Asst. Den Leader of Cub Scout Pack 909, Scoutmster for Troop 1922 in Atascocita, Texas,  a diehard fan of The Boston Red Sox, and a long-time season ticket holder for Texas Longhorns and Houston Texans football.  Scott also serves as the Executive Producer for a local Houston charity, Nightcourt - Lawyers Entertaining for Chartiy show, , which has raised over $800,000 over the years for various charitable organizations.

Roland Christensen is a gifted lawyer and thinker who lends his exceptional litigation and legal writing skills to his clients at Arnold & Itkin. Roland has worked for some of the largest and most respected law firms in Houston and developed experience in both criminal and civil appeals.. An Indiana native, Roland has spent much of his life living in various locations around the world. He has lived in Boston, Tokyo, London, and eventually settled in Provo before coming to Houston. In Provo he attended Brigham Young University for his bachelor’s and juris doctorate, graduating magna cum laude in the top 20 students of his class. During law school, Roland developed an exceptional skill for legal thinking and writing—a skill that serves his clients today.. While earning his law degree, Roland was the lead editor for the BYU Law Review and was the highest achiever in his legal writing and advanced appellate brief classes. He eventually became responsible for the 150-page manual on legal writing used by first-year legal writing students. Roland also authored a legal comment titled Behind the Curtain of Tort Reform that discussed the misinformation surrounding tort reform.. In his free time, Roland spends time with his wife Chandra and their children Kade, Chloe, and Wesley.

Randy Sorrels holds the unique distinction of being the only Texas board certified plaintiffs’ lawyer ever to have been both elected to serve as President of the State Bar of Texas and selected as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the state by Texas Super Lawyers magazine. His passionate representation of clients and lawyers has garnered statewide recognition and numerous prestigious awards. In short, whether it is in the courtroom or in the boardroom, Randy has an unparalleled track record of success for his clients and the organizations he leads.. As a leader, Randy was voted by Texas lawyers to become the 2019-2020 State Bar President by the widest margin of victory in State Bar history. During his presidential service, he traveled Texas solidifying his reputation for helping not only those who hire him, but also helping fellow lawyers. His network of friends and relationships throughout the state is vast, and he is often hired by lawyers who are in need of representation. As a zealot advocate for his clients, Randy holds four board certifications including in Personal Injury Trial Law, Civil Trial Law and Civil Trial Advocacy from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. And in a peer selection process, for the last 14 years he has been named one of the Top 100 lawyers in the state. He is sought after by the nationwide and local media for legal analysis, comment and perspective.. Randy’s success in the courtroom is also well-known throughout Texas and nation. He has taken dozens of cases to trial, securing multi-million-dollar verdicts in personal injury cases, medical malpractice cases, plant explosion cases and business law suits. During the time of Covid, Randy and the Sorrels Law team secured one of the largest personal injury jury verdicts in the country in a high-profile case that received media attention worldwide. Randy has been named the Best Lawyers® Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year” in Houston on three separate occasions and has received some of the highest legal honors in the state. He has been awarded the State Bar of Texas’ President’s Award (recognizing the one Texas Lawyer who provided the most outstanding contributions through distinguished service to the lawyers of Texas), the Judge Sam Williams Award (recognizing the Texas lawyer who provides the greatest contribution to both local bars and the State Bar of Texas), and the Houston Bar Association President’s Award (recognizing significant contributions to an HBA program). Early in his career, Randy was honored with the Woodrow B. Seals Outstanding Young Lawyer of Houston Award (recognizing the one young Houston lawyer who exemplified significant professional traits both inside and outside the practice of law). He started his career as a lawyer at the internationally acclaimed Fulbright & Jaworski (now Norton Rose Fulbright).. Randy is the past President of the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, and past Chair of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. He has served as the President of the Houston Bar Association, President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, Vice President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation, Director of the State Bar of Texas (two terms), Commissioner of the Equal Access to Justice Commission, Trustee of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, and is currently on the Board of Directors at South Texas College of Law Houston.. Randy started his legal career at Fulbright & Jaworski, where he represented doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and businesses in the state of Texas who were accused of civil wrongdoing. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from South Texas College of Law Houston in 1987, where he was on the Law Review and was a member of the nationally recognized Board of Advocates. South Texas College of Law Houston has honored Randy with its highest honor— the Dean’s Medal, as well as its Public Service Award (the inaugural award). South Texas College of Law Houston has renamed its legal clinics The Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics, which represents 15,000 square feet of new, state-of-the-art facilities to bring together clients with unmet legal needs and students who are eager to work with those clients under the direct supervision of their professors. In 2018, South Texas College of Law Houston honored Randy with the Distinguished Alumni Award.. Prior to law school, Randy graduated Magna Cum Laude from Houston Baptist University— where he was recognized as an NCAA Academic All-American in 1984. He attended HBU on a soccer scholarship, and the soccer field at the university now carries his name— Randall O. Sorrels Field. While at school, he was recognized as the Outstanding Student in both Political Science and Speech Communications. In the greatest honor, the university gives to alumni, Randy was named as HBU’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year for 2009, and he continues to be involved in alumni events and meetings.

Outside of the office, I enjoy spending time with my wife and 3 children.  I look forward to getting time to hunt, often at our family ranch, and attending sporting events.

Natalie Sanchez is a dedicated personal injury attorney with a passion for justice and helping others. Growing up in Southeast Houston and attending HISD schools, Natalie learned the value of perseverance early on. She graduated 7th in her class at Chavez High School and earned a scholarship to Rice University, where she majored in English and minored in Sociology and Business. Her leadership skills were evident as she served as Cheer Captain throughout her academic journey. Natalie’s legal career began in 2018 when she joined the Accounting Department of a personal injury firm near Rice. Her strong work ethic and quick learning led to a permanent position, where she gained hands-on experience in personal injury law. While earning her law degree at the University of Houston Law Center, Natalie excelled academically, making the Dean’s List and contributing to the Texas Innocence Project and Immigration Clinic. As a first-generation college graduate, Natalie is committed to providing compassionate and effective representation for her clients. She approaches every case with dedication and professionalism, striving to achieve the best outcomes. Outside of work, Natalie enjoys staying active, dancing, and spending time with family. Contact Natalie Sanchez for passionate advocacy and trusted legal guidance.

Mr. McLemore handles numerous cases involving catastrophic personal injury, oil field  injury, wrongful death, stolen profits, business disputes, breach of contract actions, debt collection and complex business litigation.. In law school, Scott was inducted into the Order of the Barristers and received an American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy while also participating as an advocate both in the National Mock Trial and Moot Court Programs at South Texas College of Law. He obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1997 from South Texas College of Law, after attending Huntingdon in Montgomery Alabama, obtaining a degree with a degree in Finance.. Mr. McLemore, as an associate, was a member of the trial team in 1999 responsible for a one of the Nations largest verdicts involving the recalled diet drug Fen Phen for $150mm. Scott also received a $30mm arbitration award in products liability action involving defective equipment resulting in quadriplegia. Recently, in 2010, Scott was a member of trial team responsible for obtaining a $393 mm, involving theft of trade secrets, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty involving oil and gas interests. In 2009, Scott Participated in a $2.9mm verdict for client involving an 18 wheeler collision.. In 2011, Scott was honored by the National Trial Lawyers and named as on of the "Top 40 Under 40". Mr. McLemore is AV Rated - Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. McLemore has been featured in Texas Monthly, was named as a Super Lawyer, Texas Rising Star in 2004 and 2008-2012, and featured in H Magazine as a "Lawyer on the Fast Track. Scott has been a member of the Board of Directors of The Texas and Houston Trial Lawyers Associations.. Mr. McLemore is licensed in all Texas State and Appellate Courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.. Scott H. McLemore

Matt's practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury cases, products liability claims, trucking accidents, maritime and workplace injuries, automotive and tire defect litigation, and commercial litigation.. Matt’s docket has included cases against a variety of defendants, such as:  auto manufacturers Ford Motor Company and General Motors; tire manufacturers Bridgestone/Firestone, Continental Tire, Goodyear Tire, and Michelin; retailers Big Lots! and Wal-Mart; marine transportation and exploration companies Kirby Marine, Technip, and WesternGeco; shipping and product inspector Inspectorate America/Bureau Veritas; railroad BNSF Railway; oil companies ExxonMobil and Valero; and other large corporations, including Kawasaki, KBR/Halliburton, and Otis Elevator.. Matt is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. He obtained an undergraduate degree, with Honors, from the University of Texas at Austin, double-majoring in Psychology and Spanish. Matt atttended Tulane University Law School, graduating in 2009.. Matt serves on the Board of Directors for the Houston Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, Attorneys Information Exchange Group, and the American Association for Justice.. Matt has been licensed to practice law in all the state and federal courts of Texas, Louisiana, and California, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Central District of Illinois and the Eastern District of Tennessee.  Matt practices law throughout the United States and has handled cases in Arizona, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

Kyle Findley represents plaintiffs in business, offshore, land contamination, and serious personal injury cases. He played a key role in helping gulf coast residents recover from the devastating effects of Deepwater Horizon disaster and BP oil spill.. Kyle is a sixth generation Texan. After graduating high school in Tyler, Kyle attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in government with business foundations, achieving university honors during his tenure.. Before law school, Kyle worked for a national commercial real estate firm where he specialized in investment sales, representing institutions and high net worth individuals. There he gained invaluable negotiation experience, while also closing one of the largest transactions within his company.. Although he enjoyed his success in the real estate industry, it did not offer him the personal fulfillment he desired. Kyle wanted to improve people's lives instead of their property, so he followed in his father's footsteps and became a lawyer.. During law school, Kyle participated and was a finalist in mock trial tournaments, moot court competitions, and arbitration competitions. He also worked as a law clerk at Arnold & Itkin LLP. He wanted to clerk at the firm because its unparalleled success in litigation is widely recognized throughout the legal community. After clerking for the firm throughout law school, he continued on as an attorney after graduation.. Kyle is also an active member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, and the Houston Bar Association.

Jason is one of the nation's top trial lawyers for one reason: when he represents a client, he's all in. No matter how tough the fight. No matter how big the challenge. When it matters most, he's there for people who have been wronged. He takes every case personally, treating each client like family while he fights to rebuild their lives.. When people need to win, they call Jason. He's won several verdicts and settlements worth more than $100 million, dozens of results worth more than $10 million, and more than 200 results worth $1 million or more. In total, he's secured billions for his clients with victories in all 50 states. In a testament to his effectiveness in court, Jason has been asked to work on the nation's toughest cases by over 200 firms and attorneys.. He's won historic victories for injured children against major pharmaceutical companies, verdicts that have set a precedent for future pharmaceutical cases. Jason represented families who lost their husbands and fathers to the sinking of the El Fargo cargo ship. After the Deepwater Horizon explosion, Jason was the top representative of those injured in the blast.. In all, Jason has helped tens of thousands of people get the results they deserve.. Jason also regularly receives the legal profession's highest honors. He has been recognized by multiple prestigious publications for many years running, including the Best Lawyers in America®, Super Lawyers®, Top 40 Under 40, and others. At the top of these honors, Jason regards his inclusion as a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates as his highest achievement. The Inner Circle is a list of the leading lawyers in the nation, as membership extends to only 100 trial attorneys in the U.S. Jason was selected before the age of 40, crowning him the youngest member of this elite organization.. Jason is married to Kisha Itkin, President and Owner of Theorem Vineyards. Together, with their children, the Itkins are active members and proud supporters of the Houston community. They support many causes individually and through the Arnold & Itkin Foundation.

In 2014, Kala joined the litigation team at Arnold & Itkin LLP. Her practice revolves around representing victims of serious personal injuries, trucking accidents, and offshore accidents. She is licensed in Texas, Louisiana, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Daniel P. Barton is the owner and lead trial lawyer for the Barton Law Firm in Houston, Texas. Mr. Barton has tried personal injury cases and insurance property damage cases nationally and locally for twenty years. He is a lifetime resident of Houston, Texas.. Mr. Barton is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Nation Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Barton is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law. Mr. Barton has been reviewed by his colleagues for the Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Index and has been rated “AV-Preeminent.”  Mr. Barton has been named one of the Top Lawyers in America as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Lawyers Forum and is a Super Lawyer in 2014 and 2015.  Mr. Barton is an Associate member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).. Mr. Barton was honored in 2013 by Verdict Search and the Texas Lawyer for his reported $11,965,000 verdict in Robert Earl Roye v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. for being the largest workplace safety verdict in the State of Texas in 2012. Mr. Barton also won the largest insurance law verdict reported by verdict search and the Texas Lawyer for  $2,737,817 in a first party commercial insurance case styled Sanatan Shiv Shakti Mandir d/b/a Ash v. Sirius International Insurance Company. The jury award included attorney’s fees and a knowing violation of the insurance code. Mr. Barton is the only lawyer in Texas to win #1 verdicts two consecutive years in two different categories reported by verdict search according to their staff.. Mr. Barton was formerly on the State Farm Insurance Co MDL steering committee during the hurricane Ike litigation in Houston. Mr. Barton is a former speaker and author for the Texas Insurance Law Symposium. For More Info Visit ()

Christopher is about helping people, in court with juries and out of court with settlements - all over our great nation. He knows his clients: who they are, where they have been and where they want to go, and understands their need for a helping hand. His clients get to know him, too.. "Helping people in need seems to be a root in my family tree,” says Christopher. “My dad was a surgeon, my four older brothers are surgeons, and my sister is a physical therapist.” Being a trial lawyer and the youngest in a family of doctors can be tough, however. “You can imagine how popular I am at family picnics.”. Outside of his faith and family, Christopher’s passion is the fight that comes with the job. He has been blessed by many successes:. Christopher's professional pride stems from his experience to see his clients'case through. "I have fought all phases of the war: the pretrial, the trial, and the appeal."

Born and raised in Houston, Turner is a first-generation college graduate, obtaining his bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston Downtown and his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center. While in law school, Turner served in several student leadership positions and as a student attorney in the school’s civil law clinic, where he gained valuable experience helping indigent clients who could not otherwise afford legal representation.. Prior to joining Sorrels Law, Turner worked as a defense attorney in securities arbitration, professional liability, and personal injury, where he represented securities brokerage firms, financial advisors, real estate firms, realtors, trucking companies, and commercial airlines. Turner has also represented textile manufacturers, construction companies, energy companies, and Native American tribes in commercial litigation and arbitration, both as plaintiff and defendant.. After several years of working with insurance carriers and large corporations, Turner decided he was ready for a professional change where he could combine his love of the law with his passion for helping people. He sought a firm that shared those same values and he found it at Sorrels Law.. Turner is passionate about helping his injured clients because he understands what they are going through, not only in their case but in their lives. When he was 22 years old, he suffered a catastrophic injury that left him permanently and completely blind in his right eye and legally blind in his left eye. It took nearly two years and numerous surgeries to recover functional vision in his left eye, and he still deals with complications from the injury regularly. His unique experience helps Turner connect with his clients because he understands the physical, emotional, and financial toll of trying to recover from a catastrophic injury, and he has a sincere desire to help them restore their lives.. Since joining Sorrels, Turner has secured millions of dollars in recoveries for his clients. For Turner, there is no better day at work than the days he gets to tell his clients they have obtained justice and compensation for the harm done to them through no fault of their own.. Turner works hard to give his clients the results they need and deserve. He understands that just one important fact can determine the outcome of a case, so he works each case with meticulous detail from the start to put his clients in the best position they can be in to win.. In 2024, Turner’s hard work and dedication were recognized by his peers when he was awarded the distinction of being named a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star—an award bestowed upon less than 5% of attorneys in the State of Texas.

Ben Bireley is one of our most experienced commercial and civil lawyers. At Arnold & Itkin, he focuses his case on maritime accidents, trucking accidents, plant and refinery accidents, and other complex and high-stakes personal injury cases.. Prior to joining our firm, Ben worked at a nationally-renowned commercial litigation firm in Houston. Here he gained valuable insight into how the best civil defense attorneys strategize, protect clients, and defend themselves from claims. He uses this insight to beat those same lawyers on behalf of our clients.. Ben’s case experience includes complex multi-party litigation, handling claims against a dialysis provider under the False Claims Act, breach of fiduciary claims, and oil-and-gas contract disputes. Each of these cases involved enormous sums of money at stake, and Ben proved more than capable of ensuring the best possible result for his clients.. By far, Ben’s proudest case as a lawyer was when he represented the Boys & Girls Harbor—a home for abused and neglected children—against the City of Morgan’s Point. He secured a multi-million dollar settlement for the Harbor against the city, helping them to continue doing vital charitable work.. Outside of the courtroom, Ben spends time with his wife and 3 daughters, plays basketball (albeit not as well as he used to), and enjoys spending time on the coast.

"The object of any tyrant would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives." — Sir Patrick DevlinRyan MacLeod is a lifelong resident of Texas. Born in Lubbock and raised in Sugar Land,  he possesses small town values combined with big city experience. After completing his undergraduate education at Baylor University in Waco, Ryan MacLeod received his law degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston. During law school, he interned for both the Vehicular Crimes Section and the Public Integrity Division of the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Upon graduation, Ryan MacLeod began his career as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of Texas.  During his time as a prosecutor, he was always ready and willing to try the tough  cases but remained resolute in "not trying to convict, but to seek that justice was done."

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal Injury attorney serving clients in Houston and surrounding areas.