Matthew J. Schneider is an American attorney who served as the

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for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2018 to 2021. In 2021, he joined the law firm Honigman LLP as a partner.

Biography

He earned his

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from

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's James Madison College and his

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from the

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. Schneider was a Senior Advisor and Assistant General Counsel in the Office of Management and Budget and an associate at

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. From 2003 to 2011, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit, where he prosecuted violent crime and public corruption cases. He has also served as Chief of Staff and General Counsel for the Michigan Supreme Court. He previously was Chief Deputy Attorney General for the State of Michigan, and Chief Legal Counsel for the Michigan Attorney General's office."President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees and Tenth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees", The White House, June 20, 2018
Beginning in 2012, Schneider has been an adjunct professor at Michigan State University Law School.

United States Attorney

On January 5, 2018, he was appointed by United States Attorney General

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to serve as interim United States Attorney. On June 25, 2018, his nomination was sent to the

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. On January 2, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by

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. In April 2020, U.S. Attorney General

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appointed Schneider to lead the effort to examine state and local emergency restrictions that had been imposed in response to the

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. Specifically he and his team were to identify where such restrictions unduly impinged upon "the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens." On January 21, 2021, Schneider announced he would resign on February 1.

Personal life

Schneider lives in

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, which is just west of

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. He is married to Rebecca Schneider and they have two children.

Notes and references

External links

Biography at Honigman LLP
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