Karen Schreier
| Karen Schreier | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota | |
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In office 2006–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Lawrence L. Piersol |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey L. Viken |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota | |
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Assumed office July 7, 1999 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Richard Howard Battey |
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| Born | 1956 (age 60–61) Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Saint Louis University Saint Louis University School of Law |
Karen Elizabeth Schreier (born 1956) is a federal district judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Schreier earned a bachelor's degree from Saint Louis University in 1978 and a law degree from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 1981.
Schreier worked as a law clerk for South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Francis G. Dunn from 1981 until 1982.
Schreier worked in private law practice in Sioux Falls from 1982 until 1993. She then became a United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota in 1993, and served in that capacity until her appointment to the federal bench in 1999.
On March 8, 1999, President Clinton nominated Schreier to be a judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota to replace Richard Howard Battey, who had taken senior status on January 1, 1999. The United States Senate confirmed Schreier on June 30, 1999 as part of a package of nominees it approved in a 94-4 vote.
Schreier served as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota from 2006 until 2013.
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