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Paul Michael Warner is a federal magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He was nominated by George W. Bush and sworn in on February 19, 2006.

Warner was born on June 11, 1949, in Seattle, Washington. His family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where Warner grew up and attended high school. He served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines and then graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in English. He graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU in 1976.

Following his graduation from law school, Warner worked for six years as a trial lawyer in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Navy. He served as both prosecutor and defense counsel before becoming Department Head and Chief Defense Counsel of the Naval JAG in San Diego, California. He worked in the Judge Advocate General Branch of the Utah Army National Guard for 25 years and retired in 2006. He is a colonel and the State Staff Judge Advocate. Warner received the Legion of Merit and the Army Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters for his long-term service.

Warner was appointed as an Assistant Attorney General of Utah and served for more than six years. He was a member of the litigation division and served as division chief for three of the four years with that division. He then served as Associate Chief Deputy Attorney General for over two years.

Warner obtained his master’s degree in Public Administration from the BYU Marriott School of Management in 1984.

He joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah in 1989 where he was First Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of the Criminal Division, and Violent Crimes and Hate Crimes Coordinator. In 1998, President Bill Clinton nominated him to be the United States Attorney for the District of Utah. He was sworn in on July 31, 1998. George W. Bush retained him when he took office.

Warner has been involved in numerous professional organizations. He has served as a Master of the Bench in the American Inns of Court and Chairman of the Board of Visitors for the BYU Law School. He has received multiple military and civilian professional awards. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

He teaches at the BYU law school as an adjunct professor. Warner and his wife have four children.