Leonard W. Schroeter

Len was a great life inspiration to me... a scholar, a gute nishumah! He was kind and giving. Elliott Oppenheim MD JD LLM

I worked at SGB for 6 months, July 1979-Februray 1980, as a medical legal consultant. Leonard was most gracious and he influenced the rest of my life in so many ways. I spoke to him a few years ago. He was a great man and a fine lawyer. May God bless him. Elliott Oppenheim, MD,JD,LLM Health Law

Len was an exceptional trial lawyer and advocate for civil liberties. I knew him and his family, especially his son David, as a teenager in the 1960's. Len was a pleasure to talk to, always full of ideas and interested in everything. Years later, when I decided to become a lawyer, Len was one of the "role models" I had in mind. He will be dearly missed. -- David Utevsky

Len was an inspiration to me in the law that has never faded. Sal Liccardo

When I was a young UW student, I purchased books from a Swiss bookseller. The books were impounded by the U.S. Post Office as "obscene" and I was threatened with a 30-year prison sentence. I contacted the ACLU and Len Schroeter to the case. He was delighted with a chance to challenge to right of the Post Office to ban books. I'll never forget the blistering brief he submitted, which ended with the statement: "There are far better judges of literary merit than bureaucrats in the postal...

Leonard gave me a summer intern job when I was in law school and was forever after a mentor and friend. What I noted from the beginning was how passionate he was about everything he did from the law to his garden. He was always a champion for equal justice, civil liberties, and the constitution. He was a brilliant mind and great trial lawyer. The best decision he ever made was his wife Alice.

Len and I go back to Harvard Law. We were neighbors and friends. I never met any one more dedicated to justice for all than Len.
I was in Israel with some refusniks who said no one did any thing for them. When I mentioned Len, their demeanor changed and they said HE did plenty.
He was quite a guy and I was lucky to have known him and count him as one of my friends friends.
Phil Shiekman

I am so grateful to have met and been counseled by Leonard. His tireless and groundbreaking work for equality and justice helped to lay the very foundation of our civil rights today.He was a true mensch!