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Karen E. Schreier

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. Senior status since May 15, 2024.

Confirmed 94 to 4Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
March 8, 1999
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
June 16, 1999
Committee action
Reported (favorably), June 24, 1999
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 94 to 4
Confirmed
June 30, 1999
Commissioned
July 7, 1999
Senior status
Since May 15, 2024
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1956, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Law clerk, Hon. Francis Dunn, South Dakota Supreme Court, 1981-1982
  • Private practice, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1982-1993
  • U.S. attorney for the District of South Dakota, 1993-1999
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2015-2016

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