A Law Practice Built on Integrity, Insight, and Advocacy

Meet the attorney behind Slade Law—and discover how experience, strategy, and personal commitment shape everything we do.

Meet the Attorney Behind Slade Law

Dustin Slade

Before becoming an attorney, Dustin Slade was herding cows on his family’s ranch in southwest Colorado and teaching fifth-graders in a low-income community. Today, he brings that same work ethic and heart for service into every client relationship.

A Harvard Law graduate with a wide range of legal experience—from complex commercial litigation and high-value deals involving publicly traded companies, to estate planning and business formation—Dustin founded Slade Law to offer astute legal guidance grounded in real-world perspective. He’s advised billion-dollar companies, guided startups through major milestones, and helped families plan for generations to come.

Now based in Cody, Wyoming, Dustin splits his time between legal strategy and mountain adventures with his wife and young children—who know him as both a storyteller and a dinosaur impersonator. He remains driven by his deepest priorities: faith, family, and freedom.

Why Clients Trust Slade Law

Education

Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor, 2010
- Senior Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
- Study Abroad: La Católica Pontificia Universidad de Chile (Fall 2009)
Brigham Young University, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2005

Awards & Recognition

Schulze Award Winner, 2023/24
- Awarded alongside Steve Blank and Stephen Wunker
Seevak Fellow (2008)
- Studied new methods for proving Voting Rights Act violations
Interned in the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Co-founded AI startup that was accepted into prestigious NVDIA Inception, AWS Activate, and National Science Foundation Nation I-Corps programs

Publications

“No Objection: How to Hire a Lawyer You Don’t Hate”
- Valley Mountain Press, 2024
“How to Know When You Need a Lawyer (and How to Find the Right One)”
- Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange, May 2024
- Named Top Ten Article of 2024
“Why You Should Have a Lawyer on Your Startup Board”
- Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange, Feb. 2019

Opinions

Leach v. James, 455 S.W.3d 171 (Tex. App. 2014)
Teague v. Norcold, Inc., No. 5:10-CV-114-C, 2010 WL 11561729 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 22, 2010)
Wright v. Field, No. 5:10-CV-189-C, 2012 WL 13026881 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 10, 2012)
Bain Cotton Co. v. Chesnutt Cotton Co., 531 F. App'x 500 (5th Cir. 2013)
Moore v. City of Seagraves, No. 5:12-CV-164-C, 2013 WL 12101085 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2013)
Cardiel v. Apache Corp., 559 F. App'x 284 (5th Cir. 2014)
Venture Cotton Co-op. v. Freeman, 435 S.W.3d 222 (Tex. 2014)
Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes, Inc., 789 F.3d 573 (5th Cir. 2015)
Rowten v. Wall St. Brokerage, LLC, No. 5:13-CV-111-C, 2015 WL 11120863 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 23, 2015)
Vander-Plas v. May, No. 07-15-00454-CV, 2016 WL 5851913 (Tex. App. Oct. 4, 2016)
Rowten v. Wall St. Brokerage, L.L.C., 646 F. App'x 379 (5th Cir. 2016)
Foster v. Nova Hardbanding, LLC, No. CV 15-1047 CG/LAM, 2016 WL 4492829 (D.N.M. Apr. 20, 2016)
ZibalStar, L.C. v. Conte, No. 2:17-CV-563, 2018 WL 1578019 (D. Utah Mar. 27, 2018)
Horizon Tower Ltd., LLC v. Park Cnty., No. 2:23-CV-37-ABJ, 2024 WL 4525229 (D. Wyo. Oct. 4, 2024)