Houston, TX Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

6009 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77007, USA

Kurt has won numerous record-setting jury verdicts, including $117 million for the largest single-plaintiff personal injury verdict in Louisiana, $42 million for the largest commercial verdict in Hawaii, $44 million for the largest single amputee verdict nationwide, and $29 million for the largest settlement for an offshore death case in U.S. history. Kurt has recovered billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients including more than one billion in recoveries in the past twelve months alone. Kurt cares deeply about his clients and will not take no for an answer. One of his favorite parts of being a trial lawyer is helping individuals defeat companies that have continued to deny their claims. Kurt turns “no” into victories for his clients every day. His dedication to justice has resulted in record-setting eight and nine-figure jury verdicts, dozens of jury verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million, hundreds of settlements and verdicts in excess of $1 million, and multiple nationwide product recalls. The National Law Journal has recognized Kurt multiple times for his record-setting jury verdicts. As a result, the National Law Journal named Arnold & Itkin to the top 50 Elite Trial Lawyer list in the country. Kurt has also been named as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon.

Personal Injury Law

6009 Memorial Dr., Houston, TX 77007

Kurt Arnold is a fierce trial lawyer who has won billions in verdicts and settlements for his clients since founding Arnold & Itkin. In fact, Kurt has recovered more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements in a single year multiple times and holds many records across the country for record-breaking verdicts and settlements. Kurt cares deeply about his clients and refuses to take “no” for an answer. One of his favorite parts of being a trial lawyer is helping individuals defeat companies that have continued to deny responsibility. His dedication to justice has resulted in 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. He is one of the nation’s most accomplished, skilled advocates both in and out of the courtroom. Kurt believes results matter, and his track record proves it.

Personal Injury Law

6009 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77007, USA

Kyle Findley plays a lead role in achieving exceptional results on behalf of plaintiffs at Arnold & Itkin. As a licensed attorney in both Texas and Louisiana, Kyle aggressively represents plaintiffs in state and federal courts in the Gulf Coast region and throughout the United States. Kyle's practice primarily focuses on representing plaintiffs in maritime, land contamination, trucking, plant explosions, and catastrophic personal injury cases. He also played a key role in helping Gulf Coast residents recover from the devastating effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and BP oil spill. Currently, he is assisting home and business owners throughout Coastal Texas who are facing insurance claims after the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. It was through Kyle's success that he was selected by The National Trial Lawyers to be included as a "Top 40 Under 40" lawyer. This list represents a selection of 40 lawyers under the age of 40 who have a reputation of excellence amongst their peers and have obtained exemplary settlements and verdicts as a trial lawyer. In addition, his success has led to being awarded lifetime memberships into both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum for the numerous verdicts and settlements exceeding one and two million dollars that he has obtained for his clients. Kyle has also been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars? Edition from 2015 to 2019. 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. After graduation, Kyle worked for a national commercial real estate firm, representing institutions and high net worth individuals, where he specialized in investment sales. There, he gained invaluable negotiation experience, while also closing one of the largest transactions within his company. Although he enjoyed his success in real estate, he quickly discovered that he would rather use his skills in the courtroom fighting on behalf of those that were wronged by the conduct of others. Determined to make a career in the courtroom, Kyle earned his law degree at South Texas College of Law. During law school, Kyle clerked at Arnold & Itkin and continued on as a lawyer following 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.

Intellectual Property Law

1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77010

Leisa Talbert Peschel is both an intellectual property trial lawyer and counselor. She has considerable experience litigating intellectual property matters, including over seventy patent infringement cases. Leisa leverages her scientific background to gain an understanding of a client’s technology to better position her client throughout a case. She has been involved in cases dealing with a wide array of technologies, including streaming television, automatic content recognition, targeted advertising, authentication and encryption technology, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), biotechnology research tools, chemical compositions, dental imaging technology, secondary containment structures, audio compression technology, display technologies, battery technologies, plastics, pipe thread compounds, blow-out preventers, hydraulic fracturing technologies, security systems, computer software methods, and electronics. Leisa also has had lead roles in numerous patent post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews and ex parte reexaminations. In addition to her litigation experience, Leisa maintains an active transactional practice. Leisa counsels clients on how to obtain, enforce, and license intellectual property, including trademark acquisition and brand management. She also gives strategic guidance regarding intellectual property transactions, which includes performing due diligence on intellectual property portfolios. Her transactional practice also includes preparing patent opinions of counsel, including freedom-to-operate, noninfringement, and invalidity opinions. Leisa’s scientific background is particularly helpful to clients seeking an opinion of counsel relating to biotechnology, chemical, or oil field services products. Leisa is also a frequent author and speaker on intellectual property law topics. She has spoken on matters relating to corporate patent policies, patent infringement defenses (including a special emphasis on patent-ineligible subject matter), licensing, patent damages, patent reform, concurrent district court litigation and post-grant review proceedings, the Lanham Act, standing, e-discovery, the intersection of science and the law, and design patent infringement.

Medical Malpractice Law

1710 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX 77005, USA

Since 1987, Linda Laurent Thomas has pursued aggressive legal representation on behalf of injury victims in cases involving personal injuries and wrongful death, medical malpractice, automobile accidents and transportation injuries, work related injuries, environmental and pollution injuries, and defective products. Whether the wrongdoer is a Fortune 500 corporate giant, or a reckless and negligent driver, Thomas has dedicated her career to fighting for individuals to obtain the maximum amount of damages available under the law. Every case that the firm takes on is handled with the highest level of care and attention. This representation involves all of the phases of a complex personal injury action: the early and thorough factual investigation of the case; the retention of the appropriate expert witnesses; a thorough case value assessment; aggressive pre-trial discovery; alternative dispute resolution; proactive negotiations; jury and bench trials; and appeals. She believes the right to a jury is of utmost importance to preserving the rights of individuals in this country. Linda Laurent Thomas is a cum laude graduate of South Texas College of Law in Houston and The University of Texas at Austin. Linda Laurent Thomas is a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum of The Top Trial Lawyers in America. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than 1% of U.S. attorneys are members of these organizations. Ms. Thomas is also a Member of Elite Lawyers of America, H Texas Magazine Top Lawyer, a VIP Member of Worldwide Who’s Who and a Houstonia Magazine Top Lawyer.