Christopher J. Meade

Christopher J. Meade serves as General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer at BlackRock. His career includes roles as General Counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, as well as law clerkships to Justice John Paul Stevens and Judge Harry T. Edwards. He holds a J.D. and an A.B., both magna cum laude, from NYU School of Law and Princeton University, respectively. Meade is a Trustee of the Supreme Court Historical Society, a Life Trustee of NYU Law School, and a Board member of Mobilization for Justice.

• Chief Legal OfficerBlackRock2016 – Present
• General CounselBlackRock2015 – Present
• General CounselU.S. Department of the Treasury– 2015
• PartnerWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
• Law clerk to Justice John Paul StevensU.S. Supreme Court
• Law clerk to Judge Harry T. EdwardsU.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

• J.D., magna cum laude · NYU School of Law
• A.B., magna cum laude · Princeton University

• Supreme Court Historical Society · Trustee
• NYU Law School · Life Trustee
• Mobilization for Justice · Board member

• Received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the Treasury Department’s highest honor
• Argued four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court
• Elected member of the American Law Institute
• Editor-in-Chief of the NYU Law Review

1. BlackRock: Christopher Meade biography
2. BlackRock 2026 proxy statement (SEC)