Official Biography

Cedric S. Cornwall has lived in Milwaukee County for 30 years and practiced law here for 27 years. A graduate of Marquette University Law School, he currently serves as a Milwaukee County Judicial Court Commissioner, where he presides over hearings in Children’s Court, Small Claims Court, Intake Court, Preliminary Hearing Court, and Traffic Court. Assigned to the Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center, he also conducts settlement conferences, delinquency hearings, and permanency plan review hearings.

Commissioner Cornwall previously served as a Manager for the City of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission and in the Trial Division of the Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender, and was a partner in the Law Offices of Cornwall, Rhiel, and Yamahiro and in the small private firm he founded in 1999, where he gained extensive trial experience in criminal, juvenile, traffic, and supervision revocation cases. Commissioner Cornwall lives in Wauwatosa with his wife, Andrea, and their two daughters.

A member of the Office of Lawyer Regulation District II Committee, the Wisconsin Association of Judicial Court Commissioners, the Milwaukee Bar Association, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers, Commissioner Cornwall is also active in his community.  He serves on the boards of the Marquette University Law School Alumni Association, the Wisconsin Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and Word of Hope Ministries. He also volunteers for a number of community organizations, including the Wisconsin High School Mock Trial Tournament, the New Concept Self Development Center, the Swan Park Neighborhood Association, and the Tosa Kickers Soccer Club.

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Get Your Vote On

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Milwaukee Police Association Endorses Commissioner Cedric Cornwall for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge, Branch 32
Press Release

Milwaukee Police Association Endorses Commissioner Cedric Cornwall for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge, Branch 32

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Plenty of Horne: Amtrak to Chicago Will Go Wireless
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Commissioner Cedric Cornwall Announces Campaign Kick-Off Event
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Commissioner Cedric Cornwall Announces Campaign Kick-Off Event

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