Preceded by Procter Hug Succeeded by Andrew Hurwitz Succeeded by Alex Kozinski Name Mary Schroeder | Appointed by Jimmy Carter Role Judge Preceded by Seat established | |
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Born December 4, 1940 (age 83)
Boulder, Colorado, U.S. ( 1940-12-04 ) Alma mater Swarthmore College
University of Chicago Education University of Chicago, University of Chicago Law School, Swarth College Similar People Richard Clifton, Brian Cogan, G Homer Durham | ||
Mary Murphy 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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Education
Schroeder received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1962 and her J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1965, one of six women in her class. 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 took senior status on January 1, 2012.
Notable activities
Schroeder was elected to the American Law Institute in 1974 and was elected to the ALI Council in 1993. She served as an Adviser on the Restatement Third of Agency and currently serves as an Adviser on the Restatement Third, The Law of Consumer Contracts and Principles of Government Ethics.
Significant cases
Personal life
She is married to Milton Schroeder, a professor at the Arizona State University College of Law, and has two children.