Mary Schroeder | |
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Schroeder with former Chief Judge Hug. | |
Senior Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office January 1, 2012 |
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Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
In office September 26, 1979 – January 1, 2012 |
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Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
In office November 30, 2000 – December 1, 2007 |
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Preceded by | Procter Hug |
Succeeded by | Alex Kozinski |
Personal details | |
Born | December 4, 1940 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College University of Chicago |
Mary M. Schroeder (born December 4, 1940) is a Senior Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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She received her B.A. from Swarthmore in 1962 and her J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1965,[1] one of six women in her class.[2] She received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Swarthmore College in May 2006.
Schroeder practiced as a trial attorney with the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1965 until 1969. She served as a law clerk to Justice Jesse Addison Udall of the Arizona Supreme Court in 1970. She joined the law firm of Lewis & Roca in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1971 and became a partner in 1973. She was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals in 1975 and served until 1979, when she was nominated by President Jimmy Carter and appointed to the Ninth Circuit. She served as Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit from 2000 to 2007, the first woman to hold that position.
Schroeder took senior status on January 1, 2012.[3]
She is married to Milton Schroeder, a professor at the Arizona State University College of Law, and has two children.
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New seat | Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 1979–2012 |
Vacant |
Preceded by Procter Hug |
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2000–2007 |
Succeeded by Alex Kozinski |