- Rochelle J. Schneider, PC, Attorney at Law

A Seasoned Legal Consulting Expert

Rochelle Schneider holds Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor (JD) and Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degrees and is a licensed attorney in California and New York. She has over 25 years of experience in law and consulting. Having worked more than a decade in-house in the aerospace/defense/tech sectors, she is an expert in dealing with Fortune 100 companies. Her years spent in private practice have enabled her to be nimble in crafting personal and business strategies for growth, sustainability, and vision.

A highly skilled advisor to private companies, dynamic entrepreneurs, families and individuals, Rochelle provides management consulting services including orderly and profitable growth and transition, strategic/succession planning and implementation, and change management. She takes an “outside general counsel” approach, with her legal focus including transactions, contracts, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures/sales, asset protection, and choice of entity.

As part of her focus on strategic growth and risk management, Rochelle also provides estate planning and trust administration services. Her advice can navigate through probate or avoid it. She is sensitive to the emotional issues that arise during grief and has a deft hand in taming the anxiety attendant to making plans envisioning disability and difficult end of life decisions.

An accomplished professor, speaker, coach and leader, Rochelle is passionate about justice, equity and inclusion. Due to her pro bono work to advance women’s economic empowerment, The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded her the Region IX Women Business Owner Champion of the Year. Rochelle served as President of Hughes Management Club, as a national board chair of the National Association of Women’s Business Owners (NAWBO) and as chair of its President’s Assembly. She continued her work in economic empowerment as vice-chair of the Valley Economic Development Council (VEDC) and has been a member of Inns of Court, a legal society aimed at civility and ethics.

Rochelle received her B.A. from UCLA, her J.D. from Southwestern University Law School, and her EMBA from Claremont Graduate University Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, where she had the honor and privilege of studying with Peter Drucker. She is fluent in both English and Spanish and enjoys spending her spare time outdoors.