Hon. Michael A. Wehrkamp is a judge for the Paulding County Court of Common Pleas (Probate and Juvenile Division) in Ohio. He was elected to the bench on November 8, 2016.
Prior to his election, Wehrkamp was a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Vernon L. Preston with the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals, a position he held since 2013. Before that, he practiced for four years as an associate in the Columbus law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP (2009 to 2013), where he represented clients in all facets of complex commercial litigation and appeared before the Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio Court of Appeals, Ohio Courts of Common Pleas, the United States District Courts, the Ohio Reclamation Commission, and the Ohio Elections Commission.
Wehrkamp received a B.A. in political science from the Ohio State University. He went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Toledo College of Law.
He was raised in Paulding County and is a graduate of Paulding High School. Wehrkamp and his wife, Laura, reside in Paulding with their son.