About Michael
Mr. Schneider is Co-Chair of the firm's Real Estate Practice Group and is a member of firm's Management Committee. He has extensive experience in the area of sophisticated commercial real estate transactions in Louisiana and elsewhere. He has been involved in many of the major commercial real estate transactions and gaming developments in the region. Mr. Schneider joined Stone Pigman in 1984.
Practice Areas
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Land Use and Zoning Law, New Orleans (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Land Use and Zoning Law, New Orleans (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Construction Law, New Orleans (2013)
- Recognized: Construction Law
- Recognized: Land Use and Zoning Law
- Recognized: Leisure and Hospitality Law
- Recognized: Project Finance Law
- Recognized: Real Estate Law
- Special Focus: Commercial
- Special Focus: Construction
- Special Focus: Development
- Special Focus: Environmental
- Special Focus: Finance
- Special Focus: Historic Tax Credits
- Special Focus: Hotels
- Special Focus: Leasing
- Special Focus: Mixed-Use Development
- Special Focus: Office Buildings
- Special Focus: Shopping Center Transactions
- Mr. Schneider has been named to The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of real estate law and construction law and to Louisiana Super Lawyers.
- Chambers and Partners identified Mr. Schneider as one of the leading lawyers in the field of real estate in its Chambers USA, Client's Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
- In 2011 and 2014, he was a New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law honoree.