Michael R. Schneider

Michael Schneider is a criminal defense attorney with 30 years' experience who has successfully represented clients in complex, state and federal criminal and regulatory matters, including cases with a significant civil liberties, human rights and national security dimension. Mr. Schneider has worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the OJ Simpson, David Merrick, Mike Tyson, and Pamela Smart cases.

Mr. Schneider also represents professors, physicians, students, and scientists in SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MISCONDUCT proceedings before university inquiry and investigative committees, and also before the NIH and NSF.  

Adjunct Professor at Boston University School of Law, teaching seminar on "Wrongful Convictions and the US Criminal Justice System, 2011 to 2018.  best Lawyers 2002 to present, including 2024 Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year.

Associate to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, 1993-97.

Public defender at the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Boston and in New York state for ten years, 1983-93.

Of Counsel, 1997-2008, to The Spangenberg Group, a consulting firm providing technical assistance to local, state, and foreign governments in the area of legal aid, indigent criminal defense delivery systems, and criminal justice.

Frequent lecturer at legal education seminars; authored articles in the area of criminal defense practice.

Professor Dershowitz has said that "Michael is one of the smartest, most creative and hard-working lawyers I have encountered. His advocacy skills--both in brief writing and oral argument--are superb. I recommend him highly.”

Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, the U.S. District Court in Boston, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.