AARP President Schneidewind chosen as a 'Best Lawyer in America'

AARP National President Eric Schneidewind has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, according to Greater Lansing Business Monthly.

Best Lawyers is one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.

Schneidewind has practiced energy law in Varnum Lansing law office for the past 30 years. For many years, he served as counsel to Energy Michigan, the trade group of Michigan businesses and end users advocating competition in the electric sector. Prior to entering private practice, Schneidewind had an extensive career in state government, including a six-year term as Commissioner and later Chairman of the Michigan Public Service Commission. He is recognized by Best Lawyers for his work in Communications Law, Energy Law and Energy Regulatory Law.

Schneidewind has President of AARP at the national level since June. As President, he is AARP's lead volunteer.

Schneidewind joined the AARP Michigan Executive Council in March of 2005 and was president of the organization for six years.  as Michigan's Deputy Commissioner of Insurance. As president of AARP Michigan, he was an active advocate and spokesman for the organization and its public policy issues.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which leading lawyers cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.