Kimball Jones

ATTORNEY / PARTNER P (702) 333-1111

Biography

Kimball Jones is a partner at Bighorn Law and a nationally recognized trial lawyer focused on insurance bad faith and institutional corporate negligence. His practice is dedicated to holding insurance companies accountable when they delay, deny, or underpay valid claims, and helping attorneys unlock the full value of their cases through strategic bad faith development.

Kimball is known for taking on complex, high-exposure cases against major insurance carriers, with a focus on proving violations of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, pursuing punitive damages where warranted. His work goes beyond traditional personal injury litigation, to expose insurer misconduct and position them for maximum jury impact.

Known for his ability to simplify complex insurance practices into compelling trial narratives, Kimball has helped secure some of the most significant verdicts in the country, including the largest single-plaintiff verdict and the two largest casualty insurance bad faith verdicts in Nevada history. His results reflect a trial-first approach, where cases are built not just to settle but to win in front of a jury.

While Kimball’s practice emphasizes insurance bad faith, Kimball is one of the nation’s most accomplished trial lawyers in general. Kimball is also listed on TopVerdict.com’s national Top 100 Verdicts list for medical malpractice in 2019, 2023, and 2025, and for auto collisions in 2022, 2024, and 2025, including the single largest auto collision verdict in the country in 2024. Kimball is also recognized by Court View Network for “Top 10 Most Impressive Verdicts” nationally for 2024 (8th) and 2025 (3rd).

In addition to his legal career, Kimball has served in the United States Army, both on active duty and as a reservist. He is deeply committed to his family and community. He and his wife, Ashley, have been married for over 20 years and are proud parents of four children.

   

Accolades

Awards & Notable Achievements: 

  • Trial Lawyer of the Year, Nevada Justice Association (2026)
  • #3 “Most Impressive Verdict” by Court View Network (2026)
  • #1 Auto Insurance Bad Faith Verdict in Nevada History, $114M (2025)
  • #1 Medical Malpractice Verdict in Nevada (2019, 2025)
  • #8 “Most Impressive Verdict” by Court View Network (2025)
  • #1 Auto Collision Verdict in USA, $550M (2024)
  • #1 Bad Faith Verdict in USA, $108M (2024)
  • #2 Auto Insurance Bad Faith Verdict in Nevada History, $108M (2024)
  • Top 100 Medical Malpractice Verdict in USA (2019, 2023, 2025)
  • Top 100 Auto Collision Verdict in USA (2022, 2024–2x, 2025)
  • Top 100 Bad Faith Verdict in USA (2024, 2025)
  • Rising Star, Superlawyers.com (2021)
  • Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers (back when I was  a kid 🙂)
  • Dean’s Scholar – BYU Law School (2005-2008)
  • Moot Court Winner – BYU Law School (2006)
  • Man of the Year, Economics Department – BYU-Idaho (2005)
  • Top Graduate in Economics – BYU-Idaho (2005)
  • Magna cum Laude – BYU-Idaho (2005)
  • Student Body President – BYU-Idaho (2003)
  • Eagle Scout (1999)

Past Speaking Engagements & Publications: 

  • Talk: “Anatomy of a 9-Figure Bad Faith Verdict” – Florida Justice Association (2026)
  • Podcast: “Case Framing: 6 Trials, $700M+ in Results” – TLU (2026)
  • Podcast: “Jury Selection” – Picking Justice (2026)
  • Panel: “Using AI in High Stakes Litigation” – FileVine Costa Rica (2026)
  • Talk: “Exceptional Verdict: Escobia v. Raspberry” – AAJ Winter Convention (2026)
  • Talk: “Bad Faith” – Nevada Justice Association (2025)
  • Article: “Shedding Light on Abusive Insurance Practices in Trial” – The Advocate (2025)
  • Podcast: “$550 Million Reasons to Listen” – The Art & Heart of Advocacy (2025)
  • Talk: “Using Filevine to Find 9-Figure Cases” – LEX Summit (2025)
  • Podcast: “Kuhn v. USAA” – Great Trials Podcast (2025)
  • Podcast: “Finding Your Isiah Thomas People” – Elawvate (2025)
  • Case Analysis: Escobia v. Rasperry (2025)
  • Case Analysis: Han v. Sanchez (2025)
  • Talk: “Federal vs. State – Choosing the Right Court for Your Case” – NJA (2024)
  • Talk: “The Journey of a Trial Lawyer” – Trial Lawyer University (2024)
  • Talk: “Keys to Getting a 9-Figure Verdict” – Trial Lawyer University (2024)
  • Talk: “The Creative Cross” – Trial Lawyer University (2024)
  • Podcast: “30 Days, 3 Verdicts, One Exceptional Team” – TLU (2024)
  • Case Analysis: Birk v. Rodriguez (2024)
  • Panel: “How to Get Your First 8-Figure Verdict” – Trial Lawyer University (2024)
  • Case Analysis: Tongol v. Jackson (2023)
  • Talk: “Winning in Trial” – UNLV Boyd School of Law (2022)
  • Talk: “Cross & Closing” – Nevada Justice Association Boot Camp (2022)

Education

  • B.S. in Economics from Brigham Young University-Idaho, Magna Cum Laude
  • BYU-Idaho Pre-Law Society, Founder
  • BYU-Idaho Student Body President
  • J.D. from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark School of Law (2008)

Notable Verdicts & Settlements: 

Most settlements and resolutions handled by Bighorn Law are subject to confidentiality agreements and/or privacy obligations. As a result, many case outcomes, settlement amounts, and client recoveries cannot be publicly disclosed. Any results discussed on this website are provided for informational purposes only and do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future matter. Every case is unique and must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances.

$550M Jury Verdict – Escobia v. Raspperry (2024) – A driver who is drunk and high runs a red light at 107 mph on a Sunday morning, crashing into a couple who are on their way to church. The impact results in the death of the husband, Marcial, and causes catastrophic injuries to the wife, Nimfa.  The jury returned a verdict of 50 million dollars in compensatory damages and $500 million in punitive damages against the DUI driver. 

*This is the largest known verdict for an individual in Nevada history and was also the largest automobile-related verdict in the United States in 2024.

$114M Jury Verdict – Kuhn v. USAA (2025) – Negligent driver rear-ends Tim Kuhn at 40 mph, causing Tim to suffer a serious traumatic brain injury. The at-fault driver’s insurance pays its $50K policy, and Tim requests his $250K underinsured benefits through USAA, for whom Tim has been paying for insurance for 20 years. Rather than do the right thing, USAA low-balls Tim, offering only $10K, not even enough to pay for Tim’s medical bills. USAA then forces Tim to go through 4 years of litigation. 

USAA finally paid its policy right before trial to create the impression it had done the right thing, but the jury saw through USAA’s bad faith. The case went to a jury trial, which added $100M in punitive damages against USAA on top of the $14 million awarded for Tim’s suffering from the crash and from USAA’s conduct.

*This is the largest known bad faith verdict related to auto insurance in NV history. 

$108M Jury Verdict – Goldblatt v. Progressive (2024) – Negligent driver strikes an innocent pedestrian in a crosswalk at a high rate of speed, resulting in catastrophic injuries and medical bills of $1 million. When the injured man, Hal, requested payment from the insurance companies for both the at-fault driver and from Progressive, Hal’s own insurance company, which he had paid for coverage for 17 years, both refused to pay or delayed payment.

The case went to a jury trial where evidence was presented that Progressive’s system was created to “slow roll” claims submitted by a person without an attorney. The jury found this behavior to be despicable and returned a verdict in Hal’s favor for $7M related to injuries suffered from the crash, $1M for injuries suffered by Progressive’s delay, and $100M in punitive damages against Progressive for bad faith conduct.

*This was the largest known bad faith verdict related to auto insurance in NV history at the time – now second largest, passed by the $114M verdict in Kuhn v. USAA, listed above. 

$3M Jury Verdict – Carver v. Terrazas-Lozano (2026) – A drunk driver crashes through a concrete barricade and hits a family in a minivan, resulting in serious injury to a mom and her four children, who were driving through Las Vegas on their way to Disneyland. 

$31M Jury Verdict – Cooper v. Valley Health Systems (2025) – Valley recklessly discharges a vulnerable patient who then gets lost and passes out on a Las Vegas sidewalk in July, suffering third-degree burns and a catastrophic brain injury that leads to dementia. Valley’s employees then fabricate medical records to create the false impression that they did things by the book. The jury found Valley engaged in fraud and consciously disregarded safety, resulting in a $10.95M punitive damages award in addition to the $20.3M found for harm caused by the reckless discharge itself.

$10M Settlement – Jane Doe v. Roe Hospital (confidential) (2025) – A young woman suffering from sepsis and in need of an emergency surgery goes into the ER and is neglected for hours. Because of the delay, both of her legs and most of her fingers have to be amputated to save her life. 

$27M Settlement – Jane Doe v. Roe Hospital / Roe EMS Company (confidential) (2025) – A 20-year-old UNLV nursing student has a stroke. Her friends immediately call 9-1-1, but the ambulance company and the hospital both fail to follow their stroke protocols, assuming this is just a college student on drugs. As a result, she is not given the saving medication (required within 4.5 hours at the latest) and is instead left in the hallway of the hospital for 14 hours before receiving any treatment. She is now catastrophically disabled for life. 

$2.4M Jury Verdict – Saturne v. Lyft (2025) – Lyft driver makes an illegal U-turn and crashes into a car, causing a fault-free man to suffer a traumatic brain injury that creates ongoing cognitive and emotional difficulties. 

$10M Settlement – Fuentes v. United Health Group (2025) – A 13-year-old boy, Nelson, is taken to an urgent care owned and controlled by United Health Group for terrible head pain. The doctor rushes the boy and his mom out the door with a misdiagnosis of stomach flu, when his symptoms indicated he had meningitis and needed to be rushed to the hospital. Due to the delay caused, by the time the boy was taken to a hospital the next day, it was too late. Nelson could have been saved, but because of the delay, Nelson suffered an agonizing death over several days in front of his family.  

During the lawsuit, we discovered that United Health Group had a bonus program that rewarded its employees for rushing patients out the door. Bonuses were partially based on “door-to-door time,” which means tying compensation to getting patients out the door quickly. We believe this program contributed to Nelson being recklessly rushed out the door with a misdiagnosis. 

$9M Settlement – Doe Family v. Roe Property Owner (Confidential) (2024) – Negligent property owner chooses not to place a gate around his pool, despite multiple requests by a tenant. As a result, a two-year-old child falls into the pool and drowns, found by his older sister shortly after. 

$20M Judgment – Le v. Keller (2024) – Negligent motorcycle rider changes lanes and crashes into another motor rider, causing a serious collision. The innocent rider suffers $600K in medical bills and a traumatic brain injury, which results in chronic cognitive deficits.

$13.2M Jury Verdict – Han v. Sanchez (2024) – Negligent driver runs a red light, causing a major crash. The innocent driver, Lillian, suffers serious spine injuries and a traumatic brain injury. Defendants blamed Lillian for causing the crash, so the case went to trial. Defendants’ insurance company refused to settle, rejecting two separate offers to settle for just $25,000. The jury returned a verdict of $13.2M in favor of Lilian and against Defendants.

$36M Judgment – Doe Dancer 1 v. La Fuente (2024) – This is a class action lawsuit against Cheetah’s Gentlemen’s Club for refusing to pay dancers minimum wage, and illegally charging fees and fines against their tips. The trial court initially granted summary judgment in favor of the club and against our clients, which we appealed. On appeal, I argued before the Nevada Supreme Court, which agreed with our position and reversed the case in our favor, overturning the summary judgment against us and granting summary judgment in our favor. The appeal ended in 2021, and the case went on to result in a judgment of more than $36M against the club in 2024.

*This case overturned a law passed by Nevada’s legislature, creating employment rights for thousands of Nevada workers. Previously, these workers were deprived of basic rights based on false claims that they were independent contractors, not employees.

$11M Jury Verdict – Maddux v. Kim (2023) – Employer permits an employee surgeon with a history of reckless conduct, including multiple reports of smelling of alcohol while on the job, to operate on patients without supervision. During a simple outpatient procedure, the surgeon lacerated a patient’s aorta artery and let the patient bleed to death over the next 3 hours. During litigation and trial, Defendants blamed the patient, Larry, for his own death on the basis that Larry was a member of the Jehovah’s Witness faith and did not accept blood products. Essentially, the defense attempted to prejudice the jury against Larry based on his religious faith. The jury saw through the deception and awarded $11M against Defendants, including $1.8M against Kim’s employer for punitive damages. 

$2.7M Jury Verdict – Birk v. Rodriguez (2023) – Negligent driver rear-ends Birk at a high rate of speed, causing significant neck injuries. Defendant admits fault, but State Farm rejects offers to settle the case for Defendant’s $50K insurance policy. The jury returned a $2.7M verdict. The judge also awarded Birk attorneys’ fees, costs, and interest on the judgment, resulting in a total judgment of over $5M.

$3M Settlement – Allen v. OG Gentlemen’s Club (2023) – Class action lawsuit against a club that refused to pay exotic dancers minimum wage, while illegally charging fees and fines against the dancers’ tips. The court initially granted summary judgment in favor of the club and against our clients, so we appealed. The Nevada Supreme Court granted our appeal and after the appeal we won summary judgment against the club before reaching a settlement.  

$1.5M Settlement – Doe Driver v. Roe Insurance Company (Confidential) (2023) – Negligent driver rear-ends a young woman, aggravating a neck condition and requiring more than $100,000 in medical care. The at-fault driver paid his insurance policy, which was not enough to pay for medical bills. Our client’s insurance refused to pay its $250K policy for years, resulting in a lawsuit. The insurance company paid 6X the policy amount it had been withholding after we proved its bad faith conduct.

$10M Settlement – Doe Employees v. Roe Insurance Company & Roe HOA (2023) – The insurance company and HOA refuse to defend two insured employees, who are accused of leaving a tripping hazard at the HOA. The insurance company settles the case for the HOA, but leaves the employees to fend for themselves. With no defense, the employees lose in trial, resulting in a multi-million dollar judgment against them. 

The employees hired us a few months later, and we sued the insurance company and HOA for bad faith. The case settled after we proved the insurance company acted in bad faith.

$9.5M Settlement – John Doe v. Roe Casino – A 16-year-old boy suffers a broken neck in a fight on a casino property. The casino permitted a reckless environment, including underage drinking and fighting, with virtually no security presence. The seven witnesses to the fight blamed our client, but there was evidence that the casino destroyed evidence that we believe would have exonerated our client and further demonstrated the casino’s reckless disregard for safety. The case was settled one week before trial. 

$2M Settlement – Garcia v. Liberty Mutual (2022) – A drunk driver rear-ends our client, Frank, at a high rate of speed, and then flees the scene. The police catch the drunk driver, but he has almost no insurance, and Frank’s injuries are serious. Frank sues the drunk driver, who does not defend the case. However, Frank’s own insurance, Liberty Mutual, decides to get into the lawsuit to defend against Frank’s injury claims, essentially stepping into the shoes of the drunk driver to avoid having to pay the $1M underinsured motorist policy covering Frank for his injuries. 

After we proved Liberty Mutual was acting in bad faith, Liberty Mutual agreed to pay $2M (2X its total policy) to avoid going to trial. 

$8.9M Jury Verdict – Parks v. Chowning (2022) – Motorcyclist loses control and crashes his motorcycle, injuring his girlfriend, the passenger. The passenger asks the insurance company to pay its $15,000 policy, but the insurance company refuses to pay far beyond the deadline of the demand for payment. Knowing they committed bad faith, Nationwide offers to pay $325,000 the week before the jury trial, but that is not even enough to pay the medical bills. The jury returned a verdict for $8.9M, which resulted in a judgment of more than $13M when costs and interest are included. 

$1.4M Settlement – Dior v. Apyx Medical (2022) – A woman’s neck is burned during a skin resurfacing procedure, resulting in permanent scarring. This began as a medical malpractice case, but evolved into a lawsuit against Apyx Medical, the manufacturer of the J-Plasma/Renuvion device used during the procedure. The doctor settled for a confidential amount after the manufacturer was brought into the case. In addition to the confidential amount received from the negligent doctor, Apyx Medical paid $1.4M shortly before trial to settle the case.

$2M Settlement – Doe Driver v. Roe Company (Confidential) (2021) – An 18-wheeler rear-ends a woman at an intersection and pushes the vehicle all the way across the 500-foot intersection before stopping. The woman required back surgery for her injuries.  The case settled on the first day of trial. 

Settlement: Confidential. 

$1.6M Jury Verdict – Tongol v. Jackson (2021) – T-bone collision in an intersection with disputed liability as to who ran the red light. Medical bills were only $37,000, but our client, Gina, suffered a traumatic brain injury, which significantly impacted her life. The defense blamed Gina for causing the collision and said the brain injury was not caused by the crash. We offered to settle for $25,000 before filing the lawsuit, which State Farm rejected. We offered to settle for $80,000 during litigation, which State Farm rejected. State Farm’s top offer before trial was $18,001. 

The jury returned a verdict of $1.6 million against the defendants. The judge awarded fees, costs, and interest against the defendants. State Farm then appealed the verdict, but the Nevada Court of Appeals rejected State Farm’s arguments. In the end, State Farm paid nearly $3M–in addition to paying its attorneys hundreds of thousands to defend the case–when it could have settled the whole case for its $25,000 policy. 

$13.6M Jury Verdict – Farris v. Rives (2019) – Surgeon fails to properly plan for a simple outpatient procedure, uses the wrong tools, and creates holes in the patient’s colon during the surgery. The holes in the colon cause a serious infection, which leads to sepsis and complete nerve destruction in the patient’s lower legs. As a result, the patient develops “drop foot” in both feet. The surgeon claimed he did nothing wrong and blamed the patient, claiming the drop foot came from her not taking good enough care of herself as a diabetic. 

During the case, the patient offered to settle for the surgeon’s $1M insurance policy multiple times, but the insurance company refused to pay any amount. The jury rejected the defense argument and awarded the patient $13.6M, which was $1M above what was requested ($12.6M) during the trial. Afterward, the jury stated they awarded more than was requested because they wanted to send the surgeon a message about the harm he caused.

$2.8M Judgment – Allen v. CJOG (2019) – This is a class action lawsuit against a Las Vegas club for refusing to pay dancers minimum wage, and illegally charging fees and fines against their tips. The case went to a bench trial where the trial judge awarded $2.8M against the club.