Warren Browning Wise

Senior Counsel

Warren Wise is a Houston product liability defense attorney and senior counsel in Dykema’s Product Liability and Class Action Litigation practice. He represents construction and oil and gas companies, transportation businesses, contractors, and other corporate clients facing personal injury and commercial claims. His experience includes litigation involving alleged product defects, commercial vehicle accidents, workplace and industrial injuries, toxic exposures, construction defects, wrongful death, and other complex liability issues.

Warren handles cases from initial assessment through discovery, dispositive motions, trial, arbitration, and appeal. He has served as the lead trial attorney in numerous high-exposure trials involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death claims, securing favorable jury verdicts in multimillion-dollar personal injury cases. Further, he has taken and defended hundreds of depositions involving parties, fact witnesses, and experts, and has prepared hundreds of case-dispositive motions. Drawing on this experience, Warren helps clients evaluate exposure, manage complex factual and expert issues, and develop efficient defense strategies aligned with their business objectives.

An experienced Texas trial attorney, Warren has tried numerous personal injury, commercial transportation, construction, contract, and fraud matters in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings. His experience includes obtaining several defense verdicts, achieving a take-nothing judgment, securing summary judgment in a multimillion-dollar workplace injury lawsuit, and helping clients obtain jury awards substantially below plaintiffs’ demands. He also has appellate experience, including drafting a prevailing brief and assisting with oral argument before a Texas court of appeals.

Warren serves on the board of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel and has presented on Texas jury trends and post-pandemic verdict patterns. His understanding of how Texas juries evaluate injury claims helps clients assess litigation risk, make informed strategic decisions, and prepare cases for trial from the outset.

Education

- Baylor University School of Law, J.D.
- Texas A&M University, B.S.

Bar and Court Admissions

Bar Admissions
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

Affiliations

- Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Board Member, 2013-Present
- American Inns of Court, 2018-Present
- Jefferson County Bar Association, 2013-Present
- Harris County Bar Association 2010-2013
- Harris County Young Lawyers Association, 2010-2013

Houston 713-904-6952

Areas of client focus

Practices

Litigation Product Liability Defense Class Action Defense

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Obtained a defense verdict and take-nothing judgment in a Jefferson County, Texas, personal injury trial involving an 18-wheeler accident in which the plaintiff requested more than $5 million.
Tried a Rockwall County, Texas, commercial vehicle accident case in which the jury awarded the amount requested by the defense, substantially less than the plaintiff’s trial request and final settlement demand.
Tried a commercial motor vehicle accident case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in which the jury awarded substantially less than the plaintiff’s request at trial and final settlement demand.
Obtained summary judgment for a general contractor in a Harris County, Texas, workplace injury lawsuit seeking more than $8 million.
Assisted in the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit arising from an industrial plant explosion in Starr County, Texas.
Defended a homebuilder in a week-long arbitration involving alleged construction defects.
Obtained a verdict exceeding $100,000 in a breach-of-contract and fraud trial after the opposing party’s highest settlement offer was $25,000.
Drafted the prevailing appellate brief in Gusma Properties, L.P. v. Travelers Lloyds Insurance Co. and assisted with argument before the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas.

Houston 713-904-6952

Areas of client focus

Practices

Litigation Product Liability Defense Class Action Defense

Warren Browning Wise

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