Judge Schroeder was appointed to the district bench in May of 2012. Judge Schroeder graduated from the University of Iowa in 1991 and earned her law degree from the University of South Dakota in 1994. Judge Schroeder practiced law in private practice until her appointment to the district bench and served as a judicial magistrate from 2005 - 2012. She is a member of the Floyd and Mitchell County Bar Associations and the Iowa and 2A Bar Associations.