OCBA member Marc J. Schneider of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth will be honored by the Anti-Defamation League with the 2014 Daniel R. Ginsberg Leadership Award at its National Commission Meeting. This honor is given in recognition of leadership in the fight against anti-Semitism, racism and all forms of prejudice.

A business and securities litigation shareholder with Stradling, Schneider also serves as Stradling's General Counsel, as well as on the Board of Directors and Claims Committee of Attorneys Insurance Mutual Risk Retention Group, a law firm malpractice insurer. Working closely with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, he is a Founding Board Member of the University of California, Irvine Center for Corporate Legal Leadership, which will train in-house counsel to be better corporate leaders, resulting in an LLM degree. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Temple Bat Yahm, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Jewish Bar Association, and the Executive Committee for the Sonenshine Pro Bono Reception, which introduces new Orange County attorneys to the numerous non-profit organizations that can use their pro bono services. After graduating from the Steinberg Leadership Program and Chairing the Government Affairs Committee, Schneider served as the Regional Board Chair for the ADL's Orange County and Long Beach Region from 2009 through 2013 and participates in its Leadership 2020 Program.