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