Darrell L. Warta

Before retiring in 2023, Darrell Warta spent more than 45 years successfully trying civil lawsuits in Wichita and throughout the state of Kansas. As lead trial counsel, he focused on defending high-exposure personal injury, product liability, and professional liability jury trials. Darrell enjoyed Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest “AV” rating for lawyers and was selected for inclusion in the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® list, The Best Lawyers in America©, and Chambers USA as a leading general commercial litigation lawyer in the United States. In 2011, he was recognized by Best Lawyers® as the Wichita Product Liability “Litigator of the Year,” and in 2012 he was named Wichita Bet-the-Company Litigation “Lawyer of the Year.” Darrell is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Education

• Washburn University (J.D., 1971)
  magna cum laude; Editor-in-Chief - Washburn Law Journal; Member - National and International Moot Court Teams
• St. Ambrose College (B.A., 1968)
  magna cum laude

• American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow
• Recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2011 Wichita Product Liability “Litigator of the Year” and the 2012 Wichita Bet-the-Company Litigation “Lawyer of the Year”
• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 1993-2022
• Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® List, 2006-2021 (a Thomson Reuters business)
• Identified by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in the United States for Litigation: General Commercial, 2004-2020, and a Senior Statesperson in Litigation: General Commercial, 2021-2023
• Kansas Bar Association
• Wichita Bar Association
• President's Award, Wichita Bar Association, 1996
• Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, past member
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, past member