2025

Second District Court of Appeal, Florida, 2D24-1151
Mr. Warren was retained to defend a trial court ruling by the Honorable Alicia Polk in an appellate case involving a complex easement dispute in rural Pasco County. The appeal raised novel legal questions about the interpretation and maintenance obligations of rural easements. After extensive briefing, the Second District Court of Appeal sided with Mr. Warren’s position and dismissed the appeal.
Pharmacy Negligence Confidential Settlement (Lawsuit Filed)
Mr. Warren sued a national pharmacy in a wrongful death action for breach of the prevailing standard of care. The Firm retained experts and spent hundreds of hours organizing discovery, which consisted of thousands of medical documents spanning more than a decade. Eventually, after four years of contested litigation, Mr. Warren presented the Firm’s findings during mediation and the surviving spouse received a just settlement.
Circuit Court, Pasco County, 24-CF-5093
Mr. Warren represented a nineteen-year-old facing four serious gun-related felony charges. Although the allegations were grave, the case stemmed from a genuine mistake and was complicated by a witness who misinterpreted the young man’s actions. Despite the client having previously received leniency from the justice system, the Firm took the case and promised to do all it could to help the young man avoid prison. After the Firm conducted a thorough background investigation, Mr. Warren presented strong mitigation evidence to the State. Thankfully, the government was wise and gave the young man a second chance. Not only did the client avoid prison, he was placed on probation and, if successfully completed, he will avoid a permanent criminal conviction.
Circuit Court, Pasco County, Florida, 2009-DR-5319
Mr. Warren took on a seemingly unwinnable family law case after multiple attorneys declined it. The Father and Mother divorced in 2009, with the Father ordered to pay child support. However, the Mother soon moved out of state and left the child with the Father, who stopped paying support. In 2011, after prevailing in a relocation dispute, the Father obtained a final order awarding equal 50/50 custody. Because both parents earned similar incomes, the order expressly stated that “no action on child support is necessary at this time.” From 2011 to 2024, neither party paid child support. But in 2024, after the child turned 18, the Mother reappeared and submitted only the outdated 2009 order to the Florida Department of Revenue—claiming the Father owed years of unpaid support. The State, relying solely on the 2009 order, froze the Father’s accounts and issued a levy of around $50,000. Believing the issue was a simple misunderstanding, the Father represented himself at a magistrate hearing—and lost. The State began garnishing his wages, and by the time he sought legal help, the ten-day objection window had closed. Multiple attorneys advised him the case was hopeless. The Father then retained Warren Law Firm. Through extensive research and a novel legal theory, the Firm challenged the levy. In a contested hearing against the Department of Revenue, the Firm prevailed. The Honorable Judge Pearlman issued a detailed written order vacating the levy in full.

2024

Medical Malpractice Confidential Settlement (Parties Settled Presuit)
The Firm was approached by a senior citizen who had gone to the hospital during a mental-health episode to receive care. However, a male nurse, while attempting to subdue the citizen, used excessive force and fractured her arm. The nurse defended himself and claimed that he had to apply force to the elderly citizen because the citizen wouldn’t calm down and comply with his commands. The Firm took the case and spent dozens of hours researching the standard of care that nurses are required to provide during a mental health episode. After proving that the nurse ignored his own training and violated the standard of care, the parties settled the case in late 2024.
Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Florida, 19-DR-4328
In a family law case, Mr. Warren represented the Mother in a highly contested custody dispute in Pinellas County. At the time, the Mother had a 50/50 timesharing order but was facing a modification lawsuit seeking to revoke her custody rights due to a newly filed criminal case. Mr. Warren entered appearances in both the family and criminal matters. Within 18 months, the Mother secured a final order in May 2024 not only preserving her timesharing but increasing it significantly—awarding her over 80% of overnights. The Mother also obtained a $7,500 attorney’s fee award against the Father.
Fifth District Court of Appeal, Florida, 5D23-1579
Mr. Warren represented a father on appeal in response to a baseless challenge filed by his ex-wife. Her initial 35-page brief—filed through counsel—contained numerous misleading citations and flawed legal arguments. After Mr. Warren filed a thorough answer brief exposing these issues, the ex-wife dismissed her appellate attorney and retained new counsel. Opposing counsel later contacted Mr. Warren, proposing that both parties walk away. However, because the father had incurred legal fees defending against the meritless appeal, Mr. Warren filed a motion for appellate attorney’s fees. The Court granted the motion and dismissed the ex-wife’s appeal in full.
Second District Court of Appeal, Florida, 2D23-1795
Mr. Warren represented a father on appeal after a family law trial in Dade City—handled by prior counsel—ended unfavorably. The trial court had improperly doubled the Father’s income for child support and awarded him only one-third of overnights with his child. Upon taking the case, Mr. Warren first sought to resolve the matter amicably, pointing out clear errors in the trial court’s order and proposing a fair settlement. The Mother and her attorney refused. Mr. Warren then filed an appeal and later argued the case before the Second District Court of Appeal. The appellate court ultimately agreed with Mr. Warren and reversed the trial court in a written, published opinion.
Circuit Court, Pasco County, Florida, 2019-DR-3365
In late 2024, Mr. Warren took on a complex family law case involving a Mother whose home—where she lived with all four minor children—was nearing foreclosure. The parties’ prior divorce judgment contained unclear language regarding the Father’s obligation to contribute toward the mortgage. The parties’ prior divorce judgment contained unclear language regarding the Father’s obligation to contribute toward the mortgage Mr. Warren sought to resolve the issue amicably, but the Father and his attorney refused to settle. Mr. Warren sought to resolve the issue amicably, but the Father and his attorney refused to settle. At the final hearing, the Honorable Judge Brian Gnage ruled in the Mother’s favor, issuing a detailed written opinion requiring the Father to pay 100% of the mortgage balance, including principal, interest, and fees.
Medical Malpractice Confidential Settlement (Lawsuit Filed)
The Firm sued a doctor board certified in pain management for negligently over-prescribing dangerous opioids, resulting in the death of a Florida citizen. To organize the presentation of the case, the Firm spent hundreds of hours reviewing medical records going back years. After years of contested litigation, the parties settled the case in late 2024.

2023

Circuit Court, Polk County, Florida, Case No. 23-CF-2154
Mr. Warren represented a man wrongly charged with narcotics trafficking when, under the law, he should have faced only a misdemeanor or low-level felony possession charge. The client was facing years in prison due to a critical error by law enforcement, who misunderstood the chemical structure of LSD and improperly combined the weights of two distinct substances. The State Attorney’s Office failed to catch the mistake and filed severe charges the client did not deserve. After taking over from the public defender, Mr. Warren quickly uncovered the issue and brought it to the court’s attention. At the first hearing, the State corrected the charge and released the client to probation. By then, he had already spent 197 days in jail—on a case that likely warranted no more than 30. Without intervention, the client was on the verge of accepting a plea that would have sent him to prison for years.

2022

Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Florida, 18-DR-10691
Mr. Warren represented the Father in a non-traditional, highly contested divorce and custody case in Pinellas County that spanned over four years. He successfully secured multiple contempt findings against the Mother for failing to disclose her finances, as well as temporary awards of alimony and attorney’s fees. In a rare outcome that defied common precedent, Mr. Warren obtained a final judgment awarding the Father durational alimony, attorney’s fees, and majority timesharing. This result reflects the Firm’s commitment to challenging conventional norms and achieving exceptional outcomes for its clients.

2021

Federal Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma, 21-CR-96-CGG, United States v. Joseph Hernandez
Mr. Warren served as a prosecutor on the trial team in this first-degree murder and arson case out of the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The trial took place in the federal courthouse in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, beginning the week of November 16, 2022. Joseph (Joey) Hernandez was accused of a heinous crime. He was accused of killing his own mother and grandmother by covering both propellant and lighting them on fire. Both women were killed and the home they resided in burned to the ground. At trial, the defendant claimed to have accidently set the fire while cleaning tools with gasoline. He asked the jury to find him guilty of Second-Degree Manslaughter for this careless accident, and argued that no one would intentionally burn to death their own mother and grandmother. Mr. Warren directed and cross examined the majority of the witnesses, including three expert witnesses, and delivered both the closing argument and the rebuttal. The defendant was found guilty of murder and arson and later sentenced to life in federal prison.
Federal Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma, 20-CR-86-RAW, United States v. Miranda Ree
Mr. Warren served as a prosecutor on the trial team in a first-degree murder case in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The trial, held in May 2021 at the federal courthouse in Muskogee, involved the fatal stabbing of Brian James Chaney with a kitchen knife. The defendant, Miranda Ree, claimed self-defense, emphasizing the size disparity between herself and the victim. Mr. Warren conducted the majority of witness examinations and delivered the closing argument. The jury returned a guilty verdict, and the defendant was later sentenced to over 30 years in federal prison.

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