Theodore B. Schroeder

• Assisting clients with respect to loan eligibility, acceptable uses, and forgiveness for the SBA Paycheck Protection Program. 
• Advocating for the SBA to issue revised guidance for sizing Paycheck Protection Plan loans to self-employed individuals.
• Designed and implemented a legislative and administration patent policy strategy for a global leader in the research, development, and sale of network equipment and technology.
• For a major music industry trade association, secured passage of the first mechanical (reproduction) licensing reform legislation in over 100 years.
• Counsel to a network security firm and government contractor regarding lobbying disclosure requirements at the state and federal levels.
• Managing all political action committee compliance issues for a financial services trade association.
• Representing clients before the Department of Justice National Security Division regarding compliance under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Ted Schroeder counsels clients before Congress, the White House, and administrative agencies, with a particular focus on appropriations, intellectual property, privacy, bankruptcy, and civil and criminal justice issues. Ted assists clients in managing legislative, rulemaking, reputational, and government contracting priorities through a bipartisan approach that leverages thought leaders to form durable coalitions and lasting impact. Ted also leads Alston & Bird’s Government Ethics & Compliance practice, advising corporate and political committee clients on federal and state election law and lobbying requirements.

Ted has significant experience working on Capitol Hill, serving as chief counsel to Senator Christopher Coons and to Senator Edward Kaufman. As chief counsel, Ted was chief policy advisor to Senator Coons on the Judiciary Committee and on telecommunications and cybersecurity matters. Ted served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts and as chief minority counsel for the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights, and Federal Courts.

In his six years working in the Senate, Ted worked on a variety of issues to come before the Judiciary Committee, including drafting and bipartisan introduction of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, committee and Senate passage of comprehensive immigration reform in 2013, introduction and passage of the Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act, and key negotiations on the information sharing and critical infrastructure provisions in the Cybersecurity Act of 2012.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• University of Virginia (J.D., 2005)
• Princeton University (A.B., 2000)