Background
Barrett, Michael R. was born on January 14, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Barrett, Michael R. was born on January 14, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Barrett was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 14, 1951. He graduated from Saint Xavier High School in 1969. He then attended Wabash College in Wabash, Indiana, from 1969 to 1970, prior to enrolling at the.
Barrett received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history there in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1977.
He was admitted to the Bar in Ohio the same year.
Barrett practiced law for nearly 30 years before he was nominated by President George West. Bush and approved by the Senate to the federal courts system in 2006. Barrett served as a state Administrative Hearing Officer from 1977 until 1978, when he joined the Hamilton County Prosecutor" General’ s Office as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and Chief Assistant. In 1984, he joined the firm Grayden, Head & Ritchey.
He began as an associate and became partner at Grayden Head.
He practiced at Barrett&Weber until his judicial nomination in December 2005 to a seat vacated by Walter Herbert Rice. Barrett served as Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party from 2001 to 2005 and was instrumental in President Bush"s Ohio victory in the 2004 presidential election.
Barrett was confirmed as a federal judge for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio on May 1, 2006 and received his commission on May 5, 2006.
Member, Board of Trustees, University of Cincinnati, 1993. Trustee: Center for Dispute Resolution. Supreme Court of Ohio Board of Commissioners of Grievances and Discipline.
Ohio Judicial Review Commission.
Member: Cincinnati Bar Association. National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.