About Michael Warren

Michael Warren serves as an Oakland County Michigan Circuit Court Judge.  Judge Warren was appointed in December 2002, and elected to retain the position in 2004 and 2006.  He serves as the Sponsor of the Electronic Data Management System (efiling) project of the Court, and is serving as the pilot judge for efiling and the paperless courtroom.  Judge Warren teaches Constitutional Law as an adjunct professor with Cooley Law School. 

Judge Warren is a former member of the Michigan State Board of Education.  He served as Secretary of the Board as well as Chair of the State Board’s Task Force on Embracing the Information Age, and he previously served as the State Board’s legal and policy advisor.  His efforts helped lead to fundamental revisions of the Revised School Code and adoption of significant education policies, including Learning Expectations for Michigan’s Students andthe incorporation of civics and social studies in the state accreditation system. 

He currently serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Michigan Center for Civic Education, the Michigan Council for Economics Education, and The New Common School Foundation. 

He received The Great Influence Award from the Michigan Council for the Social Studies, and a Special Tribute from the Michigan Legislature.

Judge Warren has published many articles, commentaries, and editorials regarding education and legal reform. 

He served on the administration commission at St. Ives Parish, and was the President of the Parish Council. 

He is also a partner at Cornerstone Schools.

Judge Warren is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (Juris Doctor Degree, Cum Laude) and a 1989 graduate of Wayne State University (Bachelor of Arts Honors History, Magna Cum Laude).  Following graduation from law school, he was a clerk to Michigan Supreme Court Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley.  He is a former partner of the Detroit based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLC, and served as the Executive Director (and in other capacities) for The New Common School Foundation (a Detroit based foundation working to build models of excellence in urban education). 

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