Biography

Schudson was born Charles Benjamin Schudson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

 in 1950. He is graduate of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

 and the University of Wisconsin Law School

University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is the professional school for the study of law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. The law school was founded in 1868.-Facilities:...

. Schudson and his wife, Karen, have two children, one of whom is a rabbi

Rabbi

In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...

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Career

Schudson worked as a state and federal prosecutor from 1975 until 1982, when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Circuit Court

Wisconsin Circuit Court

Circuit Courts are the primary trial courts in Wisconsin, United States. They hear and decide cases involving a wide variety of topics, including contracts, personal injury, family law, children in need of protection and/or services, juvenile delinquency, probate, traffic, small claims,...

 by Governor Lee S. Dreyfus

Lee S. Dreyfus

Lee Sherman Dreyfus was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 40th Governor of Wisconsin from January 4, 1979 to January 3, 1983....

. In 1992, he was elected to the Court of Appeals. He remained in that position until 2004. Since his retirement from public service, Schudson has been a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Law School, Marquette University Law School

Marquette University Law School

Marquette University Law School is the professional school for the study of law at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and one of only two law schools in Wisconsin. With 45 full-time professors and approximately 760 J.D. students, the law school is ranked in the top tier among American...

, Lawrence University

Lawrence University

Lawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...

 and Diego Portales University, as well as serving as a senior counsel

Senior Counsel

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 with the firm von Briesen & Roper

Von Briesen & Roper

von Briesen & Roper is a Wisconsin-based law firm with a strong, diverse and thriving regional, national and international practice. von Briesen & Roper's innovative spirit dates back to 1904, when Ernst von Briesen opened his doors and displayed a window sign that read “Advocate.” When a new...

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Over the course of his career, Schudson's opinion and expertise has been sought after in family law

Family law

Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including:*the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;...

 cases. He co-authored the book "On Trial: America's Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children", which was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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 and was presented to each Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

. While a prosecutor, he developed the first program devoted to battered women to be based in a prosecutor's office in the United States

United States

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. This would lead to an appearance on The MacNeil-Lehrer Report. He also presented a paper on the subject to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

United States Commission on Civil Rights

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. Schudson has testified before United States congressional committees, including the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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, on multiple matters involving family law. He has also received an award from the United States Department of Justice

United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...

 for his precedent-setting prosecutions of nursing home

Nursing home

A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...

 homicide and patient abuse and Medicaid

Medicaid

Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states. People served by Medicaid are U.S. citizens or legal permanent...

fraud.