- Mary M. Schroeder
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Mary Schroeder Schroeder with former Chief Judge Hug. Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Incumbent Assumed office
September 26, 1979Nominated 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, 2007Preceded by Procter Hug Succeeded by Alex Kozinski Personal details Born December 4, 1940
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.Alma mater Swarthmore College
University of ChicagoMary M. Schroeder (born December 4, 1940) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Education
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.
Career
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 has announced that she will take senior status on January 1, 2012.[3]
Significant Cases
- The Northern Spotted Owl, a case related to the Endangered Species Act
- The Napster file trading software copyright infringement appeal.
- The Hirabayashi v. United States appeal about the internment of Japanese during World War II.
Personal life
She is married to Milton Schroeder, a professor at the Arizona State University College of Law, and has two children.
References
Legal offices New seat Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1979–presentIncumbent Preceded by
Procter HugChief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
2000–2007Succeeded by
Alex KozinskiCategories:- 1940 births
- American female lawyers
- American women judges
- Arizona lawyers
- Arizona state court judges
- Arizona State University faculty
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Living people
- People from Boulder, Colorado
- Swarthmore College alumni
- University Laboratory High School (Urbana, Illinois) alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
- United States Department of Justice lawyers
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