Kyle Findley

Attorney

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Kyle Findley is recognized by colleagues and adversaries alike as one of the top trial lawyers in the country. He has an extraordinary record of verdicts and settlements that are a testament to his common-sense approach, fearless passion, honest and forthright nature, and unmatched skill in the courtroom. Kyle has been awarded over a billion dollars in jury verdicts, from juries in four different states. In 2023 alone, Kyle recovered over $1 billion in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Throughout his career, he has secured billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients—all of whom have experienced life-changing tragedies. Simply put, his track record is staggering.

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Biography

Kyle’s results speak for themselves and leave no doubt that he is one of the nation’s most accomplished trial attorneys. In 2023, two of his verdicts were the largest verdicts in two different states. Throughout his career, his verdicts have been recognized by multiple publications, including a #1 burn injury verdict, #2 product liability verdict, #3 brain injury verdict, and multiple top 20 personal injury verdicts. Many of his trial verdicts are consistently ranked among the top 50 and top 100 verdicts in yearly rankings for the United States.

With these results, it is clear why clients and attorneys turn to Kyle with their most challenging cases in their greatest hour of need. Kyle thrives in cases where there are extraordinarily complex factual and legal issues and has obtained dozens of seven-figure, eight-figure, and nine-figure results in cases where the defendants initially offered zero. Kyle sees the potential in cases where other lawyers would give up and he tirelessly builds his cases with ingenuity and tenacity. He is well known as a formidable force in the courtroom and has been since the beginning of his career. Few trial attorneys ever achieve the consummate skill that he demonstrates every day in trial.

Due to his extraordinary success and trial experience, Kyle is frequently invited to speak at trial lawyer conventions, including recent conventions in Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and London.

Some of his most recent results include the following:

  • $557 million verdict for a woman struck by a Union Pacific train
  • $177.5 million settlement for industrial incident
  • $141 million verdict for industrial contractors
  • $139 million settlement for the victims of a pipeline explosion
  • $120 million settlement for industrial incident
  • $96 million settlement for workers hurt in industrial incident
  • $92.7 million settlement for an injured plant worker
  • $76 million verdict in a pharmaceutical case
  • $51 million settlement for workers injured in an explosion
  • $46.5 million settlement for workers injured in an explosion
  • $42 million settlement for an injured plant worker
  • $40 million settlement for Jones Act seamen
  • $35.5 million settlement for a commercial vehicle wreck
  • $38 million settlement for oilfield incident
  • $33 million verdict for an injured paper mill worker
  • $27.7 million verdict for the family of a worker killed on an offshore platform
  • $17 million settlement for injured plant workers
  • $16.4 million settlement for a wrongful death case
  • $16.1 million verdict for an injured plant worker
  • $15.5 million verdict for an injured plant worker
  • $14.5 million settlement for an injured worker
  • $13 million settlement for an injured plant worker
  • $12.5 million settlement for electrocution
  • $10 million settlement for commercial vehicle wreck
  • $9.1 million verdict for a Jones Act seaman

Kyle became a lawyer because he wanted to spend his life making a tangible difference in others’ lives. Kyle grew up in East Texas where he was instilled with an unwavering commitment to represent people—not corporations. It has been his great honor to secure numerous life-changing results for those facing insurmountable challenges from companies that wrongfully refuse to be held accountable. Kyle has built an exceptional reputation for holding corporations accountable on behalf of his clients with an unwavering dedication to fighting for his clients until they get the compensation that they deserve.

In a recent trial, Kyle represented a young woman who was struck by a Union Pacific train. Union Pacific refused to take responsibility and tried to blame the plaintiff for her own injuries. However, the jury refused to believe Union Pacific’s excuses. Instead, the jury recognized that Kyle’s common-sense approach was right. The jury accordingly held Union Pacific responsible and awarded a record-breaking $557 million verdict, one of the largest in the history of Texas for a single-plaintiff injury case.

Two weeks before his trial against Union Pacific, Kyle tried a case against Talos in Federal Court in Louisiana. Talos repeatedly made excuses and refused to take responsibility for the tragic death of the plaintiff who was killed on an offshore platform, instead, they blamed his co-workers for the event. After a nine-day trial, the jurors unanimously held Talos accountable and awarded $27.7 million to the plaintiff’s family. This verdict was a record-setting verdict for a wrongful death case in the state.

Kyle tried a heartbreaking case on behalf of a young woman who was shot in her college apartment. This brave woman filed the lawsuit for relief from her own catastrophic injuries and to prevent this from happening to anyone else. However, she succumbed to her injuries before trial. After her death, Kyle continued to fight tirelessly on her behalf. Kyle took the case to trial in her memory. After enduring two weeks of Kyle’s unrelenting questioning and fierce trial strategy, the defendants settled the case for a confidential amount that was many multiples of the pretrial offer. As a result of this hard-won settlement, the client’s family was able to name a college auditorium in her honor so she will never be forgotten.

Recently, Kyle represented a client who was seriously burned in a paper mill explosion. He took on multiple companies that refused responsibility during the litigation. Two of the companies refused to settle the claims for fair value and instead pushed the case to trial. The insurance companies bet wrong. After a three-week trial—just one day after Kyle’s closing arguments—the jury came back with a $33 million award, not including pre-judgment interest or punitive damages. The result was more than 33 times what the companies had offered to settle the case before trial. The verdict was ranked #40 in the United States.

Kyle’s success as a trial lawyer isn’t recent—it started early in his career. He was one of the youngest attorneys to be awarded lifetime memberships into both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollars Advocates Forum. He was also quickly selected by The National Trial Lawyers to be included as a “Top 40 Under 40” lawyer for multiple years in a row. Kyle has also been inducted into the Best Lawyers in America and has been featured in Texas Monthly magazine as a Super Lawyers® Rising Star℠ in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. He was then recognized by Super Lawyers® in 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2020, Texas Monthly magazine also recognized Kyle in the top 100 Up-and-Coming Attorneys in Texas. He has also been recognized as the Nation’s Top One Percent of Trial Lawyers by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel and by The American Institute of Trial Lawyers as the 2020 Personal Injury Litigator of the Year. He has similarly been recognized by Best Lawyers® for admiralty and maritime law, mass tort litigation, and product liability litigation multiple years in a row. He has also been awarded Best of the Bar—a designation reserved for the few lawyers with record-breaking verdicts.

Kyle’s journey began at the University of Texas in Austin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in government with business foundations, achieving university honors. He later pursued his passion for law at South Texas College of Law where he earned his law degree. Over a decade ago, Kyle embarked on his legal career as a law clerk at Arnold & Itkin, quickly making his mark as one of the firm’s top trial lawyers. He has helped build Arnold & Itkin into the top-tier law firm that it is today while managing his own trial team. Today, Kyle is a pillar of the firm and continues to inspire new generations of lawyers with his ingenious strategy and unparalleled skill.

Kyle's Case Results

  • Record-Setting $357 Million

    Largest Workplace Accident Settlement in Texas History

    Attorneys Kurt Arnold, Jason Itkin, and Kyle Findley secured a confidential $357.7 million settlement on behalf of several injured clients injured in a workplace incident. Arnold & Itkin LLP was able to ensure that our clients each received record settlements. Collectively, it was the largest workplace accident settlement in Texas history. More importantly, Kurt, Jason, and the team were able to achieve this record settlement in only 16 months.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $145,423,128.70

  • $177.5 Million

    Settlement for Workers Burned in Industrial Incident

    Attorneys Kurt Arnold, Kyle Findley, and our team secured a $177.5 million settlement on behalf of several workers who were burned in an industrial incident. Our attorneys filed suit against multiple companies for creating a hazardous condition and causing the explosion that changed our clients’ lives forever. We aggressively prosecuted the case and utilized our vast experience with explosion events to obtain key evidence and testimony proving the defendants were responsible for the incident. On the eve of the trial, we obtained a nine-figure settlement and ensured our clients would be cared for for life.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $72,574,650.42

  • $141 Million

    Verdict Won for 9 Survivors of Explosion

    Against all odds, Arnold & Itkin secured a $141 million verdict against five defendants for a plant explosion that took three lives and injured many more. The defendants refused to take responsibility, stretching out litigation for seven years while offering a pittance to settle.

    Attorney Kyle Findley secured the nine-figure verdict for nine plaintiffs who survived a fatal explosion at a paper and containerboard plant in Deridder, Louisiana. Our clients were among over a dozen workers who were grievously harmed or killed due to the negligence and poor management of the five defendants, including a defendant who oversaw an accident eerily similar to this one in 2008.

    In 2017, our clients were working at the paper mill during a shutdown, which allowed contractors to do much-needed maintenance and repair work. This procedure included “hot work,” or work involving high-heat tools such as grinders, welders, and cutters. The hot work was conducted near two storage tanks that management knew emitted flammable gases; however, they ordered employees to continue working nearby regardless of the risk. As a result, the storage tanks exploded, robbing three workers of their lives and injuring several more.

    This incident would never have happened under more cautious and competent management. The defendants’ failures are especially egregious considering an incident almost exactly like this one happened at a defendant’s plant in Wisconsin in 2008. It was clear that they didn’t learn their lesson then, so we needed to make the lesson loud and clear with our case.

    These defendants offered our clients an extremely small amount to settle prior to trial and only raised their offer slightly after closing arguments. This was an enormous miscalculation on their part—the jury ended up awarding our clients more than 10 times what the defendants offered to settle. Our firm is enormously proud of our result, and we’re thrilled our clients can now live their lives in peace and security.

  • Record-Setting $139 Million

    Massive Settlement Achieved for Victims of an Oilfield Incident

    Arnold & Itkin LLP secured $139,000,000 for individuals injured in an oilfield incident in the eastern United States and their families. Attorneys Kurt Arnold and Kyle Findley acted quickly to ensure the defendant paid top dollar to settle the case, ultimately taking 30 depositions in 2 months and settling 1 week before the trial began.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $57,636,043.06

  • $120 Million

    Settlement for Workers Injured in Refinery Explosion

    Attorneys Kurt Arnold, Kyle Findley, and our team secured a $120 million settlement on behalf of multiple workers who were injured during a refinery explosion. The workers sustained extensive injuries, including orthopedic and spinal injuries, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological damages. We aggressively prosecuted the case and utilized our vast experience with explosion events to obtain key evidence and testimony proving the defendants knowingly created the conditions that resulted in the explosion. After numerous depositions of the defendants and their employees, we obtained this nine-figure settlement on behalf of our clients, ensuring they will be taken care of in the future.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $50,462,396.95

  • Record-Setting $92.7 Million

    Record Settlement for Burn Injury Victim

    Attorneys Kurt Arnold, Jason Itkin, and Kyle Findley obtained a $92.7 million settlement on behalf of a client who was severely burned during a workplace accident. This settlement set a statewide record for similar incidents and injuries. Notably, our firm held the prior state record for a burn case in Texas of $87 million as well. Arnold & Itkin is proud to have represented a deserving worker, settling his case to ensure he and his family will be taken care of for life.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $37,798,027.33

  • Record-Setting $81 Million

    Record Settlement Achieved for Wrongful Death Case

    When two adult children lost their mother to an incident, they turned to Arnold & Itkin for representation. Attorneys Kurt Arnold and Kyle Findley aggressively pursued the defendant and ultimately broke United States records when they recovered an $81,000,000 settlement.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $33,563,815.76

  • Record-Setting $51 Million

    Settlement for Plant Workers Injured in Explosion

    When contract workers were injured in a plant explosion, they reached out to Arnold & Itkin for help. Attorneys Kurt Arnold and Kyle Findley represented the workers against defendants who denied liability and tried to shift blame to the plaintiff’s employer. After taking more than 40 depositions on behalf of our clients, who suffered orthopedic injuries and post traumatic stress disorder, we recovered a record-breaking settlement shortly before trial.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $23,521,687.51

  • $49 Million

    Settlement for Worker Burned in Plant Explosion

    Attorneys Kurt Arnold, Kyle Findley, and our team secured a $50 million settlement on behalf of a worker who was burned and sustained life-changing injuries as a result of a plant explosion. Our client suffered burns to nearly half of his body, in addition to a severe head injury with post-traumatic stress disorder and other emotional injuries. We filed suit against multiple companies for creating a hazardous condition and causing the explosion that ultimately changed our client’s life forever. Our attorneys aggressively prosecuted the case and utilized their vast experience with explosion events to obtain key evidence and testimony proving the defendants were responsible for the incident. On the eve of trial, Arnold & Itkin obtained an eight-figure settlement and ensured our client would be taken care of for life.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $20,603,236.87

  • $46.5 Million

    Massive Settlement Reached on Behalf of Injured Workers

    Arnold & Itkin obtained a $46.5 million settlement on behalf of workers who sustained orthopedic injuries and/or post-traumatic stress disorder from a serious workplace incident. Kurt Arnold and Kyle Findley were able to obtain these settlements on behalf of their clients, ensuring they’ll be taken care of for life.

    Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $22,613,189.87

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