William H. Schneller graduated from the Catasauqua High School in 1898, and for a period of three years thereafter was engaged in the laundry business with the Empire Steam Laundry of Catasauqua, Pa. In September 1901, he entered the sophomore class at Schuylkill Seminary, Reading, Pa., taking up the Classical Course and graduated and received an A. B. degree in 1905. In October of 1905 he entered the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated and received his L. L B. degree therefrom in June, 1908. Mr. Schneller registered as a Student-at-Law with the Honorable James L. Schaadt, of Allentown, Pa.. and on motion of the Honorable James L. Schaadt on March 15th, 1909. He was admitted by the Honorable Frank M. Trexler, President Judge, to practice in the several Courts of Lehigh County. On the 18th day of October, 1909, on motion of E. J. Fox, Esquire, of Easton, Pa., he was admitted by the Honorable Henry J. Scott, President Judge, to practice in the several Courts of Northampton County.

On April 1st, 1909, he opened his law office in The Lehigh National Bank Building, Catasauqua. Pa., and has continued there ever since. On March 18th, 1912, on motion of Ulysses S. Koons, of Philadelphia, he was admitted by the honorable D. Newlin Fell, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, to practice as an Attorney and Counselor of the said Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. On the 15th day of March, 1909, immediately after his admission, he tried his first case in the Lehigh County court, at Allentown, Pa., and a month thereafter tried his first case in the United States District Court at Philadelphia; and has been actively engaged in the general practice of law in the various District and Appellate Courts of Pennsylvania and of the United States continuously since. At present he is the solicitor for the North Catasauqua School District, of the Recorder of Deeds of Lehigh County, and of the Lehigh National Bank of Catasauqua, as well as of various other corporations and business firms.