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Qualifications
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University of Kentucky, B.A., 1968
University of Kentucky, Law Degree (J.D.), 1970
University of Missouri, Advanced Law Degree (LL.M.), 1971
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Admitted to Practice
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Kentucky, 1970
Missouri, 1972
United States Supreme Court, 1974
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Judicial Experience
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Judge Wil Schroder has over 22 years experience as a Judge
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1991 - Present
Kenton District Judge, 1983 - 1991
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Court of Appeals
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Judge Schroder is currently serving
on the Kentucky Court of Appeals
where he has served for over
15 years. On the Court of Appeals,
Judge Schroder has ruled on over
5000 cases and has written over 1700
opinions.
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District Court
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Judge Wil Schroder was a trial judge for the Kenton
District Court where he served for nearly eight years, including one year as a juvenile judge.
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Newport City Attorney
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Judge Wil Schroder served as the Newport
City Attorney. Judge Schroder was appointed
Newport City Attorney when the reform
commission was elected, and served at the
onset of Newport's early riverfront
development (1982-1983).
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Private Practice
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From 1975-1983, Judge Schroder was in private practice in Covington, Kentucky with his brother Robert, representing individuals in legal matters in a variety of areas of law. In addition, Judge Schroder represented the Nothern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, was a contract attorney for the Special Fund (worker's compensation), and handled cases as a Kenton County Public Defender. He also served two years as a Hearing Officer for the Kentucky Personnel Board (1981-1983).
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Law Professor
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From 1972 to 1975, Judge Schroder was
an Assistant Professor at the Salmon P. Chase
College of Law at Northern Kentucky University for its
first three years in Kentucky. Professor Schroder
taught property law, land use planning, and wills.
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In his thirty-six plus years legal career, Judge Wil Schroder has been a frequent speaker at legal seminars and conferences:
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Salmon P. Chase, College Of Law, Professionalism Program, Class Moderator, 2005, 2004, & 2003
Moot Court Judge various years for Chase, University of Cincinnati, and University of Louisville law schools
Louisville Bar Association, “Lexington’s Smoking Ban”, August 12, 2005
Oldham County Bar Association, “Appellate Practice In Kentucky”, May 10, 2005
Kentucky Bar Association, “Kentucky Law Update-Court of Appeals”, various years
Salmon P. Chase Inn of Court, “Inside the Court of Appeals”, Oct 17, 2001
Kentucky Bar Convention 2000, “Judicial Independence”
Louisville Bar Association, “Anatomy of the Oral Argument”, November 11, 1992
Northern Kentucky Bar Association, “Family Law Seminar”, June 26, 1992
University of Kentucky College of Law , “Kentucky Estate Administration”, April 7, 1989
University of Kentucky, “Historic Preservation Seminar”, Fall 1975
Municipal Revision Task Force, funded by Spindletop Research Foundation, Faculty Supervisor for Chase law students, Summer of 1975
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Judge Schroder's published articles:
Preservation of Historic Areas in Kentucky, 62
Kentucky Law Journal, 1974.
Attorney Fees in Probate, Northern Kentucky
Bar Association, June 26, 1992.
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