Leonard Schneider has served as the city attorney in Magnolia for over 10 years and advises the city on ordinances, local government codes and regulations. Schneider is a nonequity partner at the Liles Parker PLC law firm in Houston. In addition to his work in Magnolia, he advises several cities outside the Greater Houston area including Splendora, Huntsville, Plum Grove, Woodbranch Village and Mont Belvieu.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in business administration from Southwest Texas State University—before it was renamed as Texas State University—and received his law degree from South Texas College of Law. Schneider and his wife live in Porter and have two daughters and three dogs.
How long have you been working with the city, and what did you do before?
I was licensed by the [State Bar of Texas] in 1991 and began working as the city attorney in the city of Magnolia back in 2004. Prior to that time, I focused mainly on business litigation and collection work, and I also served for one year as an assistant district attorney [in Galveston County].
How did you become a city attorney?
I started doing municipal legal work when I was requested to assist in some litigation against the city of Mont Belvieu and based on my work, I was asked to assist their economic development corporation and it just mushroomed from there.
