| Robert W. Warren | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin |
| Term Start: | August 1, 1991 |
| Term End: | August 20, 1998 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review |
| Term Start1: | October 30, 1989 |
| Term End1: | May 18, 1996 |
| Appointer1: | William Rehnquist |
| Predecessor1: | John A. Field Jr. |
| Successor1: | Laurence Silberman |
| Office2: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin |
| Term Start2: | August 31, 1986 |
| Term End2: | August 1, 1991 |
| Predecessor2: | John W. Reynolds Jr. |
| Successor2: | Terence T. Evans |
| Office3: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin |
| Term Start3: | August 27, 1974 |
| Term End3: | August 1, 1991 |
| Nominator3: | Richard Nixon |
| Appointer3: | Gerald Ford |
| Predecessor3: | Robert Emmet Tehan |
| Successor3: | Rudolph T. Randa |
| Office4: | 37th Attorney General of Wisconsin |
| Term Start4: | January 6, 1969 |
| Term End4: | August 27, 1974 |
| Governor4: | Warren P. Knowles Patrick Lucey |
| Predecessor4: | Bronson La Follette |
| Successor4: | Victor A. Miller |
| State Senate5: | Wisconsin |
| District5: | 2nd |
| Term Start5: | January 1965 |
| Term End5: | January 1969 |
| Predecessor5: | Leo P. O'Brien |
| Successor5: | Myron P. Lotto |
| Birth Name: | Robert Willis Warren |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Raton, New Mexico |
| Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Restingplace: | Mount Olive Cemetery Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Laverne Voagen (m. 1948 - 1998; died 2011) |
| Children: | Cheryl W. (Sensenbrenner) Treva W. (Livesey) Tara Iver E. Gregg A. Lyle D. |
| Mother: | Clara D. (Jolliffe) Warren |
| Father: | George R. Warren |
| Education: | Macalester College (B.A.) University of Minnesota (M.A.) University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D.) |
| Allegiance: |  United States |
| Serviceyears: | 1943 - 1946 |
| Unit: | 95th Infantry Division |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Mawards: | Purple Heart |
Robert Willis Warren (August 30, 1925 - August 20, 1998) was a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He had previously served as attorney general of Wisconsin and represented Brown and Calumet Counties in the Wisconsin State Senate.
Born in Raton, New Mexico, Warren received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Macalester College in 1950, a Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1951, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1956. He was in the United States Army, 95th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946. He served in Europe during World War II and was wounded in France, receiving a Purple Heart. He became a foreign affairs officer in the United States Department of State from 1951 to 1953. Warren practiced law in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, from 1956 to 1957, and then moved to Green Bay, where he practiced law from 1957 to 1959. He was an assistant district attorney of Brown County, Wisconsin, from 1959 to 1961, and became district attorney from 1961 to 1965. Warren was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1965 to 1969. From 1969 until his resignation in 1974, he was attorney general of Wisconsin.[1]
Warren was nominated by President Richard Nixon on August 8, 1974, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin vacated by Judge Robert Emmet Tehan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 22, 1974, and received his commission on August 27, 1974. He served as chief judge from 1986 to 1991. He was appointed a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review by Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1989, serving until 1996. He assumed senior status on August 1, 1991. His service terminated on August 20, 1998, due to his death in Milwaukee.[2] [3] [4]