Practice Areas: Appellate, Construction Litigation, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 2016
Education: Vanderbilt University Law School
Selected to Rising Stars: 2023 - 2024 Details
Andrew R. Gould is an appellate attorney and oversees and heads the Texas-based firm Arnold & Itkin LLP and its section dealing with appellate practice. Beginning his career as an attorney in 2016, he represents his clients with the following matters:
- Offshore accidents
- Refinery accidents
- Trucking accidents
- Medical injuries
- Construction accidents
- Oil rig explosions
- Industrial accidents
Having led hundreds of cases in courtrooms spread across the state of Texas, Mr. Gould confidently advocates for his clients in several courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 11th Circuits and other federal courts as well. He was rated by Chambers and Partners USA as an Up-and-Coming attorney in the appellate field.
Mr. Gould firmly believes that every individual should have easy access to legal support and shouldn’t back out of pursuing justice. He provides his clients with the highest level of representation and ensures that they also have a fair playing chance against corporates. Over the years, he has thoroughly observed and noted that at times these conglomerates are able to swiftly get away with their negligence, and he puts up a good fight against them to procure maximum compensation for his clients.
Upon receiving his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Michigan in 2007, Mr. Gould chose Vanderbilt University Law School to follow his passion and pursue legal studies. He graduated with honors and received his doctorate in jurisprudence in the year 2010. While excelling in his studies, he took part in extracurricular activities and served as the executive editor for the university’s law review.
Apart from his day-to-day work, Mr. Gould engages in various other activities in the legal field as well. He currently serves as a member of the Bearings’ Texas Civil Litigation: Commentaries & Rules editorial board and has also talked about various topics in numerous Continuing Legal Education (CLE) presentations. He is also an esteemed member of other organizations, including The Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court and the Houston Bar Association.
Practice areas
Appellate, Construction Litigation: Consumer, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Appeals, Construction Accident, Construction Defects, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Defects, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents
- 60% Appellate
- 10% Construction Litigation: Consumer
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2011, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.arnolditkin.com/meet-our-attorneys/andrew-gould/
- Bearings’ Texas Civil Litigation: Rules & Commentaries, Editorial Board
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- District of Columbia Bar
- California
- Executive Committee, Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court, 2022
- Editorial Board Member, Bearings Legal Resources: Texas Civil Litigation, 2022
- Vice President, Federal Bar Association, Southern District of Texas Chapter, 2022
- Member, Vanderbilt Law Review Alumni Advisory Committee, 2022
- Member, Houston Bar Association, 2022
- Member, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, 2014
- B.A. in History and Political Science, University of Michigan, Honors: History Department's Arthur Fondiler Award; Graduated with the highest honors., 2007
- Executive Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2010
- Selected, Order of the Coif
- Graduate, With Highest Honors
- Awarded for work on prosecution (United States v. Guerra & Fowler), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2019
- Awarded for work on prosecution (United States v. Reyes-Diaz), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2019
- Awarded for work on appeal (United States v. Reyes-Contrera), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2019
- Awarded for work on postconviction (United States v. Contreras), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2018
- Awarded for work on prosecution (U.S. v. Edwards), U.S. Attorney's Award, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, 2017
- Awarded for most outstanding student writing published in Vanderbilt Law Review, Morgan Prize, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2010
- Awarded for extraordinary achievement in study of litigation & dispute resolution., Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program Award, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2010
- 64 Vand. L. Rev. 1397 (2011), Author, Foreword: Richard A. Nagareda, In Memoriam, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2011
- 62 Vand. L. Rev. 1535 (2009), Author, The Hidden Second Amendment Framework within District of Columbia v. Heller, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2009
- Ranked in Chambers USA 2022 Guide in Texas: Litigation - Appellate (Up and Coming), 2022
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Southern District of Texas (2011-12), 2011
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Raymond M. Kethledge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2010-11), 2010
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2023 - 2024
