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About David Warta

David Warta was admitted to practice in Oklahoma in 2004 and focuses on the following areas of law: Employment Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Insurance Dispute Litigation, and ERISA Litigation. David has been named to the Oklahoma Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists every year since 2013, is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and Tulsa County Bar Association, and is the author of Personal Foul: Unnecessary Restriction of Endorsement and Employment Opportunities for NCAA Student-Athletes, 39 Tulsa L. Rev. 419 (2004).

David Warta graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in English Literature in 1992 and received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Tulsa in 2004.

David Warta was raised in Wichita, Kansas. He played baseball at the University of Kansas, which he describes as a brief but memorable experience. He married his college sweetheart, Greta, and eventually returned to her hometown, Tulsa.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Smolen & Roytman

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$33 millionVerdictTop 10 in Oklahoma · #2

Terral Ellis II, 26, walked into the Ottawa County Jail voluntarily on an outstanding warrant. He developed bronchopneumonia and spent twelve days asking for medical care for seizures, sweating and pain. Jail video captured staff and the jail nurse mocking him. He died of septic shock on October 22, 2015.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma (affirmed in full, 10th Cir. 2026) · 2023Civil RightsRead the full story →
$10.25 millionVerdictTop 10 in Oklahoma · #5

Elliott Earl Williams, 37, was arrested in Owasso on an obstruction complaint in October 2011. Shortly after booking at the Tulsa County Jail he suffered a severe neck injury that paralysed him from the chest down. He was left on the floor of a medical-unit cell, unable to move, for days, and died of complications of the untreated injury and dehydration.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma (affirmed in relevant part, 10th Cir.; settled and paid 2019) · 2019Civil RightsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Education

University of Tulsa College of Law
J.D., 2004
University of Kansas
Undergraduate, 1992

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Oklahoma

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