Brian L. Blaylock

Bar Admissions

• Nevada

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Nevada
• United States District Court, District of Nevada

Education

• William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (J.D., summa cum laude)
  • Notes Editor, Nevada Law Journal
  • Society of Advocates
  • CALI Awards in Civil Procedure I; Lawyering Process II; Sales & Leases; and Wills, Trusts & Estates
  • Scribes Award, The American Society of Legal Writers
  • Dean’s Award
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas (B.A., Economics, Business Administration Minor, magna cum laude)

Awards & Recognition

• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business®, Corporate/Commercial (2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America®: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2024-2025); Securities/Capital Markets Law (2025)
  • Las Vegas Lawyer of the Year, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2025)
• Top 100 Lawyers of the Year, Readers’ Choice, MYVEGAS Magazine (2020)
• Honor Roll, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (2018)
• #CAP100 (Children’s Attorney’s Project) Heroes, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (2018)
• Mountain States Super Lawyers^®, Rising Stars Edition, Business/Corporate (2017-2022)
• Top Rank Attorney, Nevada Business Magazine (2014-2023, 2025)
  • Best Up and Coming Attorneys (2015-2016)

Previous Professional Experience

• Lewis and Roca LLP, Associate

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Alliance of M&A Advisors, Southern Nevada Chapter, Chapter Leader (2016-Present)
• Succession Advisors Roundtable, Steering Committee Member (2019-Present)
• American Bar Association
  • Business Law Section
• Clark County Bar Association

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “Navigating Earnouts in Middle Market M&A,” Presenter, Alliance of M&A Advisors (May 13, 2025)
• “Introducing the Model Short Stock Purchase Agreement (2.0),” Co-Presenter, ABA Business Law Section, Spring Meeting (April 24, 2025)
• “Understanding the New Reporting Obligations Under the Corporate Transparency Act,” Co-Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (November 16, 2023)
• “Mergers + Acquisitions Moving Forward in Nevada,” Quoted, Nevada Business Magazine (January 1, 2023)
• “Buying, Selling and Starting a Business,” Co-Presenter, Nevada Business Magazine Business First Series, Las Vegas, Nevada (March 3, 2022)
• “Top Legal Mistakes that Can Blow Up Your M&A Transaction (Construction Edition),” Presenter, Construction Financial Management Association (January 27, 2021)
• “The Business Litigation Waltz: A Primer for Uninitiated and a Refresher for the Seasoned Campaigner,” Moderator, Snell & Wilmer presentation, co-hosted with the Vegas Chamber (November 6, 2020)
• “Equity Incentive Plans,” Presenter, Succession Advisors Roundtable (February 20, 2020)
• “Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and More Anger: The Five Stages of Working Capital Adjustments,” Presenter, Alliance of M&A Advisors (February 4, 2020)
• “Fundamentals of Mergers and Acquisitions of Privately-Held Companies,” Presenter, National Business Institute (June 19, 2019)
• “Creating a Business Succession Plan,” Presenter, National Business Institute (June 19, 2019)
• “Introducing the Model Short Form Stock Purchase Agreement,” Presenter, ABA Business Law Section, Spring Meeting (April 12, 2018)
• “‘You Signed What?’ – Practical Advice for Business Owners When Responding to an Unsolicited Offer,” Presenter, Alliance of M&A Advisors (November 7, 2017)
• “Limited Liability Companies,” Presenter, National Business Institute (December 16, 2015)
• “Due Diligence in Private M&A Transactions – A Survival Guide,” Presenter, Exit Planning Institute (November 12, 2015)
• “State of Formation: Why Does It Matter?,” Co-Author, Communiqué, Vol. 35, Nos. 6 & 7 (June/July 2014)
• “Tangible ‘Intangibles’ and Other Mysteries: A Critique of the D.C. Circuit’s Expansion of Work Product Doctrine in United States v. Deloitte LLP,” Note, Nevada Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Fall 2011)