Undergrad: University of Michigan Law school: American University
Why you should know him: Earlier this month, Schneider made a move that would have been unfathomable to many just a few years ago: He left his role as partner at the firm McDermott Will & Emery to join an early-stage startup as in house counsel.
Schneider met his new company, BlockOne while working at the firm. The company was one of his clients, and he got hooked.
“It’s a ton of fun,” Schneider told Business Insider. “I get to deal with all of these really interesting legal issues in the context of a new technology, and really get to think about concepts of law that I’ve thoughts about for my whole career but in a completely different context.”
Before joining BlockOne, Schneider had spent his entire career in financial services and tech, both in house and at law firms.
He first encountered blockchains around two years ago while advising Coinbase the “Securities Law Framework for Blockchain Tokens,” a detailed analysis of the space circa 2016 which it made publicly available to help other startups figure out their legal obligations.
On the side, Schneider can be found running his blockchain startup “production studio”, Genesis Block and working a fintech podcast called “Appetite for Disruption,” which he co-hosts with a former SEC commissioner, Troy Paredes.
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