Jason Itkin

Itkin is known nationwide for winning record-breaking verdicts and settlements. Itkin is one of only a handful of lawyers in the country who have won more than one jury verdict for a single person in excess of one billion dollars. He has also won several verdicts and settlements for more than $100 million, dozens of verdicts and settlements of more than $10 million, and hundreds of verdicts and settlements for more than $1 million. Jason won these victories in courtrooms across the country—having represented clients in all 50 states.

Itkin is routinely asked to work on the country’s highest-profile cases. He has won verdicts for children in jury trials against major pharmaceutical companies. He has also won game-changing victories for cancer victims against some of the world’s most powerful companies. After the BP Oil Spill, more of the workers injured in the explosion trusted Itkin over any other lawyer to handle their cases.

Itkin’s success in the courtroom has helped him negotiate massive settlements for his clients. Itkin has been the lead negotiator on several settlements where the companies paid Arnold & Itkin’s clients more than $1 billion. Itkin also works on important cases that don’t always grab headlines. For example, he achieved a $72 million voluntary settlement for an injured worker. At the time, that victory was the largest pretrial settlement for a single person in Texas history. Less than one year later, Itkin broke his own record when he secured an $86 million voluntary settlement for a different client who suffered devastating injuries while working. Since then, Itkin and the firm have broken the $86 million record multiple times. In just the last year, Itkin has settled cases for single individuals in the amounts of $211 million, $209 million, $160 million, and $140 million. Itkin has won more than $3.5 billion in verdicts and settlements for his clients over the last 12 months.

Itkin is able to achieve these record-breaking settlements because sophisticated companies realize that their results at trial could be much worse. For example, Itkin tried a case where an insurance company refused to make a fair settlement offer to his client. The company’s short-sighted settlement position changed after Itkin finished cross-examining the company’s “star witness.” After the cross-examination, the company fired its long-time lawyer in the middle of the trial. The next day, the company settled the case for nearly double what Itkin’s client would have settled for pretrial. The company also formally apologized to Itkin’s client for injuring him.

Results like these are why other law firms frequently ask Itkin to work on their cases. More than 200 different law firms have hired Itkin as trial counsel. Lawyers across the nation know that having Itkin on their team increases the likelihood of winning a large verdict or settlement.

Itkin credits much of his success to his education at the University of Texas. He believes the school’s motto of “What Starts Here Changes the World” applies to the work he does on behalf of families every single day. As an honors graduate from the University of Texas School of Law, Itkin was awarded the Dean’s Achievement Award in Professional Responsibility. In college, he studied under the Plan II Honors Program, serving as President of the Silver Spurs and graduating with special honors. The University of Texas School of Law has recently honored Itkin with an Alumni Award for his groundbreaking contributions to mentoring the next generation of great trial lawyers.