Warren Woesnner was born on May 31, 1944, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He attended Cornell
and recieved his BA in Chemistry in 1966. He went on to earn his PhD in Organic Chemistry
from UW-Madison in 1971. During his time at Madison, Woessner co-founded the Abraxas
Magazine with poet James Bertolino in 1968. He also founded the WORT-FM radio station and
hosted its poetry program. He worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Miles Laboratories,
Inc. from 1971 until 1978, when he went back to UW-Madison to pursue his JD. In 1981,
Woessner recieved his JD.
Woessner moved to New York City in 1981 and worked as an Associate attorney in chemical
prosecution and litigation at Kenyon and Kenyon. He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1984,
and continued as an Associate attorney at Merchant and Gould. He left the firm in 1993 to
establish Schwegman Lundberg and Woessner where he currently works. It is one of the largest
patent law firms in the country. His practice focuses on chemical patent law.
Woessner has published poetry since 1968. His works have been published in several
periodicals and journals, such as 'The Midwest Quarterly', '5AM', 'Poetry Northwest', and
'Poetry'. He has published several poetry books with his most recent, "Clear All the Rest of
the Way", in 2008.
