Christopher H. Schroeder

Christopher Schroeder
Schroeder in 2021
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
In office
October 29, 2021 – July 9, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded bySteven Engel
Succeeded byChristopher Fonzone
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy
In office
April 21, 2010 – December 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byKevin R. Jones (acting)
Succeeded byBeth Ann Williams
Personal details
BornChristopher Henry Schroeder
1948 (age 77–78)
PartyDemocratic
SpouseKatharine Bartlett
Children3
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Yale University (MDiv)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Christopher Henry Schroeder (born 1948) is an American lawyer who served as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Biden Administration from 2021 to 2023. He served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the United States Department of Justice during the presidency of Barack Obama, serving from April 2010 until December 2012. Before and after his time as Assistant Attorney General, he was the Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law and Professor of Public Policy Studies at Duke University School of Law. He is now Professor Emeritus of the same institution.