McLain Joseph Schneider (born March 27, 1979) is an American attorney and politician who represented the 42nd district in the North Dakota Senate from 2009 until his reelection defeat in 2016. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he served as the Senate Minority Leader from 2013 until the end of his Senate tenure. He was the Democratic-NPL endorsed candidate for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota. In December 2022, Schneider was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the United States attorney for the District of North Dakota