Justice John Warner
Justice Warner
was born January 22, 1943, in Great Falls, Montana. He graduated from high school in Great Falls. He earned a B.A.
degree in history and political science from Montana State University, Missoula, in 1965, and graduated from the
University of Montana School of Law in 1967. Justice Warner was a law clerk for the Montana Supreme Court in 1967-68,
and then practiced law in Havre, Montana, for 20 years specializing in litigation. He served as chairman of the
Supreme Court Commission on Uniform District Court Rules, was both a trustee and president of the State Bar of Montana,
and was Havre City Attorney. In 1988 he was elected District Judge of the Montana 12th Judicial District. He was re-elected
in 1994 and 2000. While on the trial bench, Justice Warner was president of the Montana Judges Association, Chairman of
the Sentence Review Division of the Supreme Court, served on the District Court Council, and was chairman of the Montana
Judicial Standards Commission. He was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court in May of 2003. He currently serves on the
teaching staff of the Commission on Courts of Limited Jurisdiction, the Supreme Court Commission to review the Canons of
Judicial Ethics, and the State Bar of Montana Judicial Relations Committee. Justice Warner and his wife, Katherine, have 6
grown children and 12 grandchildren.
