Jason Itkin

Founding Partner

23 yrs experience
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Houston, TX

Bar admissions

Texas
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

Education

JD: University of Texas School of Law
Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin (Plan II Honors)

Awards and recognition

01Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year — Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions Plaintiffs (2025)
02Best Lawyers in America 2018-2026
03Super Lawyers 2013-2025
04Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2017-2026
05National Trial Lawyers Top 100
06Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40 (2011)
07Dean's Achievement Award in Professional Responsibility (UT Law)
08UT Law Alumni Award

Memberships

Inner Circle of Advocates (youngest member when invited; 2024 Vice-President / President-Elect)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Background

Jason Itkin is the co-founder of Arnold & Itkin LLP, which he established with Kurt Arnold in 2004. He is recognized nationally as a leading trial lawyer with record-breaking verdicts and settlements, having won several of the largest jury verdicts in U.S. history. He has secured over $3.5 billion in verdicts and settlements in the past 12 months alone, and has negotiated settlements exceeding $1 billion for individual clients. The University of Texas School of Law honored him with an Alumni Award for his contributions to mentoring the next generation of trial lawyers. In college he studied under the Plan II Honors Program and served as President of the Silver Spurs.

Notable cases

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$8 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson — top 3 largest in U.S. history
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$2.25 billion Monsanto Roundup verdict
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$860 million wrongful death verdict in Texas
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$357.7 million Texas workplace accident settlement
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$222 million fatal industrial accident verdict
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$175 million Roundup cancer verdict
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$117 million Louisiana personal injury verdict
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$76.6 million verdict in Pennsylvania
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$42 million verdict in Hawaii

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