Karen Elizabeth Schreier (born July 29, 1956) is a

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of the

United States District Court for the District of South Dakota The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (in case citations, D.S.D.) is the United States District Court or the Federal district court, whose jurisdiction for issues pertaining to federal law or diversity for the state of ...

and was the 36th

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for the District of South Dakota.

Early life and education

Born in

Sioux Falls Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up t ...

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, Schreier earned an Artium Baccalaureus degree from

Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

in 1978 and a

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from the

Saint Louis University School of Law Saint Louis University School of Law, also known as SLU LAW, is a private American law school located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of the professional graduate schools of Saint Louis University. The University hosted a law school briefly fro ...

in 1981.

Career

Schreier worked as a judicial law clerk for

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Justice

Francis G. Dunn Francis G. Dunn was a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1973 to September 7, 1985, serving as Chief Justice from 1974 to 1978. Early life and education Born in Scenic, South Dakota, graduated the University of South Dakota School of ...

from 1981 until 1982. Schreier worked in private law practice in Sioux Falls from 1982 until 1993. She then became the

United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota The United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota is the United States Attorney responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. By statute, the U.S. Attorney is re ...

in 1993. She became the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney in South Dakota and served in that capacity until her appointment to the federal bench in 1999.

Federal judicial service

On March 8, 1999, President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

nominated Schreier to be a United States District Judge of the

to replace

Richard Battey Richard Howard Battey (October 16, 1929 – May 6, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. Education and career Battey was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota. After attending ...

, who had taken

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on January 1, 1999. The

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confirmed Schreier on June 30, 1999, as part of a package of nominees it approved in a 94–4 vote.U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes
''senate.gov'' Schreier served as

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from 2006 until 2013.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schreier, Karen 1956 births Living people People from Sioux Falls, South Dakota Judges of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton Saint Louis University alumni Saint Louis University School of Law alumni United States Attorneys for the District of South Dakota 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges 20th-century American women judges 21st-century American women judges

Early life and education

Career

Federal judicial service

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