Mary M. Schroeder

Mary Schroeder
Schroeder with former Chief Judge Hug.
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office November 30, 2000 – December 1, 2007
Preceded by	Procter Hug
Succeeded by	Alex Kozinski
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office September 26, 1979 – January 1, 2012
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Vacant
Personal details
Born	December 4, 1940 (1940-12-04) 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.

Education

She received her B.A. from Swarthmore 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.

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.

External links

• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Legal offices
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