Maura Denise Corrigan[1] (born June 14, 1948[2]) is the former director of the Michigan Department of Human Services.

Corrigan is the widow of Joseph D. Grano, a professor of constitutional law at Wayne State University.

He is consistently well-prepared for oral argument and offers incisive views on the assigned cases to his colleagues.

[1]Corrigan had been mentioned as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court following the announced retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor and the withdrawal of Harriet Miers, and before President Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito.

Corrigan advocates the judicial philosophy of textualism, which "promotes adherence to the actual text of statutes".

In an article in the New York University Annual Survey of American Law, Corrigan argued that resort to history in interpreting a statute is a form of "dice loading".

It oversees Michigan's child and adult protective services, foster care, adoptions, juvenile justice, domestic violence, and child-support programs.

[5] As DHS Director she oversaw the state's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program during the Flint water crisis.