Richard L. Arnold
Richard Arnold is a trial lawyer with over thirty years of litigation experience. He is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law. He has tried cases of a wide variety throughout the United States.
Mr. Arnold's experience is truly broad based. He regularly handles high stakes personal injury, product liabilty, and first party commercial insurance disputes arising from fires, equipment failures, structural failures, vehicular accidents, and other catastophic events. In addition, his experience includes sophisticated business litigation, toxic tort litigation (including asbestos claims), real estate and condemnation litigation, class actions, employment matters, civil rights cases, professional negligence cases, and securities litigation. He is also an experienced mediator and has conducted numerous mediations, primiarily of insurance coverage cases in which he does not represent a party.
Mr. Arnold was born and raised in Crossett, Arkansas. Since 1981, he has been married to Cindy Arnold, a high school teacher in the Dallas Public Schools. They have three sons.
Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1974 (Editor, Journal of Air Law & Commerce)
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1971
Certifications
Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Prior Associations
Law Clerk to Hon. Robert W. Porter, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1974-1976
Partner - Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP
Of Counsel - Brown McCarroll, LLP
Admitted to Practice
Texas, Arkansas
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Eastern District of Arkansas, and Western District of Arkansas
Memberships
Dallas Bar Association
Arkansas Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
American Bar Association
American Judicature Society
Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Seclected Published Works
Co-Author: "Contribution in Private Actions Under the Federal Antitrust Laws," 33 Southwestern Law Journal 779, 1979;
"Preserving, Developing & Expanding Coverage," University of Houston Advanced Personal Injury and Insurance Seminar, 1989
"Property Insurance Update," University of Texas Insurance Law Institute,1998