Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Warnken has extensive experience in both criminal and civil appeals. He is the author of How to Choose an Appellate Lawyer, discussing the vast differences between good trial and good appellate counsel. His criminal appeal successes have included numerous overturned convictions and numerous new trials. His civil appeal successes have included sustained judgments, as well reversed judgments. He has been brought in by both plaintiff’s counsel and defense counsel. He is often called a lawyer’s lawyer and is known for his expertise in appellate courts.
• Wrongful Death
  A death by wrongful act means a negligent or intentional act on the part of the defendant that caused death to the injured party. Wrongful death cases are highly complex, and extend to several different areas of possible damages to be collected.
• Fraud

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Jim [Lanier] is not just a cornerstone in the workers' compensation community but he is an excellent lawyer. If I was hurt on the job, I would hire him to be my lawyer.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Personal injury can include numerous specific kinds of cases. Some of the most common are car and truck accidents, premises liability, and workers’ compensation. However, injuries for which you need an attorney might also include nursing home abuse and neglect cases, medical malpractice cases, birth injury cases, consumer fraud, insurance denials and products liability cases.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  But you know lawyers – they can’t help but lawyerize everything.  Because of how important the concept of MMI is in personal injury law and especially comp, the definition actually come from caselaw.  The Court system, in essence, defined MMI.  In some states, the definition of maximum medical improvement is actually written into the laws.  In Maryland, it’s from a case.
• Medical Malpractice
  In many cases, the birth injury is caused by medical malpractice at birth. This negligence on the part of the obstetrical team can come in a number of different forms. Sometimes, it’s what they did wrong. Sometimes, it’s what they failed to do or failed to do timely.
• Auto Accidents
• Dog Bites
  A dog bite lawsuit is worth whatever a good dog bite lawyer can get for you. We do not mean to be flippant, but the better the lawyer and the circumstances, the more the claim can be worth. According to Lendingtree, the average cost per dog bite claim was $43,653. That’s the average settlement, meaning there was no need to go to court. According to the same website, in 2019, there were 17,866 dog bite claims in the United States. In Maryland alone, more than $14 million dollars was paid out to victims of dog bites. Warnken, LLC had clients who were part of that $14 million.