# Christopher J. Meade

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General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer · [BlackRock](https://www.blackrock.com/)
[Company bio](https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us/who-we-are/leadership/chris-meade)

## About

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.

## Experience

- Chief Legal Officer · BlackRock · 2016 – Present
- General Counsel · BlackRock · 2015 – Present
- General Counsel · U.S. Department of the Treasury · – 2015
- Partner · Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
- Law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens · U.S. Supreme Court
- Law clerk to Judge Harry T. Edwards · U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

## Education

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

## Board seats

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

## Notable achievements

- 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

## Assets on this site

- [BUIDL BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund](https://galactic.inc/analytics/buidl/)
- [BRSRV BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle](https://galactic.inc/analytics/brsrv/)

## Sources

- [BlackRock: Christopher Meade biography](https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us/who-we-are/leadership/chris-meade)
- [BlackRock 2026 proxy statement (SEC)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000130817926000262/ny-20260410.htm)