District Judge Robert W. Schroeder III was appointed to the Eastern District of Texas by President Barack Obama in 2014. He was nominated on June 26, 2014, confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2014, and received his commission on December 19, 2014. He filled the seat vacated by Judge David Folsom. The American Bar Association rated Judge Schroeder Unanimously Well Qualified.
Before his appointment, Judge Schroeder was in private practice from 1999 to 2014, representing individuals and corporations in federal and state courts of Texas and Arkansas in general civil and commercial litigation. Earlier in his career, he served as Associate Counsel to the President at the White House and clerked for Judge Richard S. Arnold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Judge Schroeder was born on June 1, 1966, in Texarkana, Texas.
Education
- American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1994
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, B.A., 1989
Career
- Law clerk to Hon. Richard S. Arnold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Associate Counsel to the President, The White House
- Private practice, Texas and Arkansas (1999–2014)