Thomas David Schroeder (born May 26, 1959) is the
Chief United States district judge of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Atlanta
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,
Georgia
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, Schroeder received a
Bachelor of Science
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degree from the
University of Kansas
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in 1981 and a
Juris Doctor
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from
Notre Dame Law School
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in 1984. He was a
law clerk
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to
George MacKinnon
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of the
from 1984 to 1985. He was in private practice, in
Winston-Salem
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,
North Carolina
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, with the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, from 1985 to 2007.
Federal judicial service
On January 9, 2007, Schroeder was nominated by President
George W. Bush to a seat on the
vacated by
Frank William Bullock Jr. Schroeder was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on December 14, 2007, and received his commission on January 8, 2008. He became Chief Judge on November 4, 2017.
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1959 births
Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Notre Dame Law School alumni
People from Atlanta
United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
21st-century American judges