JP Schnapper-Casteras

John Paul “JP” Schnapper-Casteras founded the law firm in 2018 and works on a range of frontier technology issues, including open source software projects, fintech, digital currencies, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and quantum computing. He advises non-profits and individuals on constitutional law and appellate litigation. Additionally, JP is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Clients include: startups at the seed, Series A, and growth stages; software developers and decentralized projects; a global venture capital firm; a civil rights group with over three million members; one of the country’s largest 100 private foundations; and an association representing over 42,000 military officers, enlisted personnel, and families.

JP has published in The Washington Post, Politico, SCOTUS Blog, World Affairs Journal, Harvard Law Review online, Harvard Kennedy School Review, and Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. He has been profiled by the National Law Journal and is regularly quoted in outlets like National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, New York Magazine, The Hill, and Above the Law.

JP received his J.D. with Pro Bono Distinction from Stanford Law School, where he won the Walter J. Cummings Award for Best Brief as a Finalist in the Kirkwood Moot Court Competition, was a member of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, and was Managing Editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review. He holds an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School and an M.A. and B.A. with honors from Stanford University. As an undergraduate, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Scientific Review and founded the first student exchange program in postwar Iraq.