Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin, co-founders of the elite Texas law firm Arnold & Itkin LLP, have been in the spotlight since Kurt Arnold’s wife died in a fatal plane crash. Tara Arnold, a 46-year-old lawyer’s wife, met with a fatal accident when a private plane overturned and burst into flames at an airport in Maine, killing 6 people on Sunday. Let’s find out everything about the owners of the Houston law firm allegedly connected to the accident.
Arnold & Itkin Law is a nationally recognized trial law firm based in Houston, Texas. The firm specializes in catastrophic injury, maritime, energy and labor disputes and is in the spotlight because the crashed plane was allegedly registered in its name.
This incident occurred 3 days after Arnold and Itkin were named 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America in the Litigation category. Both attorneys have achieved great results with several multi-million dollar cases and share an impressive profile. Trial lawyers with remarkable records have secured record verdicts and settlements for clients injured in serious accidents.
The pair met as undergraduates in college. After a years-long law school relationship, the pair co-founded their firm, Arnold & Itkin LLP, in 2004 with the shared mission of “fighting for catastrophically injured individuals against powerful corporate defendants.”
Among the high-stakes litigation in which Jason Itkin was an attorney, he secured an $8 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson, one of the notable billion-dollar jury verdicts. Another was the Roundup cancer verdict, which included a $2.25 billion judgment. In 2013, the Inner Circle of Advocates invited Jason to join as the youngest member.
Meanwhile, Kurt Arnold’s landmark verdicts included a $117 million single plaintiff personal injury verdict in Louisiana and a $44 million single amputation verdict in the United States. Kurt has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for his exceptional work in both personal injury litigation and maritime and admiralty law.
Kurt Arnold’s contributions to personal injury litigation, maritime law, and admiralty law have been recognized by Top Lawyers in America. He has been named one of America’s Top 500 Lawyers and one of the Top 500 Consumer Lawyers by Lawdragon.
While Jason Itkin was successfully able to defend families who lost a father and a husband when the cargo ship El Faro sank in a hurricane, Kurt Arnold is well known for his work with Itkin on the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
In the wake of a massive winter storm, a Bombardier Challenger 600 private business jet overturned and burned on takeoff at Bangor International Airport on January 25 around 7:45 p.m.
