Hon. James M. Biernat

James M. Biernat Jr. is a former judge of the 16th Circuit Court in Macomb County, Michigan. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Rick Snyder on April 15, 2011, and served until his term expired on January 1, 2019. Prior to his judicial appointment, Biernat served as a Macomb County commissioner from 1993 to 1998, worked as a partner at Beirnat, Chioni and Sarnacki, PC, and served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the county’s Drug Unit from 2006 to 2011. He earned a B.A. from Hillsdale College in 1991 and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 1997. In 2012, he was elected to the court unopposed.