Brian H. Schusterman

Clients rely on Brian for his practical and thoughtful legal advice on a wide range of matters relating to their business and commercial interests. Brian serves as Co-Chair of McDonald Carano’s Business Entities & Transactions Practice.

In 2026 and 2024, Brian received the Lawyer of the Year award in Corporate Law for the northern Nevada region from The Best Lawyers in America. Since 2024, Brian has also received the highest AV Preeminent Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell as well as Band 2 “Top Ranked” recognition in Corporate/Commercial Law in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Clients describe Brian to Chambers researchers as “extremely professional, knowledgeable, and responsive. We highly value Brian’s advice and counsel.” “Anytime we have a need for Brian we know we can be fully confident with his direction. It’s a great burden lifted off of us knowing we have his knowledge and experience at our disposal.” “Brian is everything that I could hope for in an attorney. He is smart, well versed, humble, and logical.” Brian shared his insights on M&A trends and developments in an interview with Nevada Business Magazine available here.

Brian assists Nevada and Northern California companies with commercial business transactions, business formation and governance issues, financing transactions, real estate transactions and development, franchise law, and mergers and acquisitions. Whether Brian is representing one of his Fortune 500 clients or a small local company, his focus remains on providing his clients with efficient and effective solutions. Brian also regularly serves as local Nevada and California counsel for complex multi-jurisdiction transactions with Nevada and California corporate and real property components.

• J.D., University of California at Davis School of Law, 2004 (Articles Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review)
• B.A., cum laude, Colby College, 1998
• University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Spring 1997
• School for International Training, Chile, Fall 1996

• Nevada
• California
• New York

• Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating (since 2024)
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business – Band 2 in Corporate/Commercial Law (2024-2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Corporate Law (2021-2026), “Lawyer of the Year” (2026, 2024)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Real Estate Law (2020-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Corporate Governance Law (2024-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2024-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Finance Law (2025-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law (2025-2026)
• Nevada Business Magazine – “Legal Elite/Top Rank Attorneys” (2013, 2015-2017, 2021-2023)
• Nevada Business Magazine – “50 Best Up & Coming Attorneys” (2012)
• Sanctuary for Families, “Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy” 2006
• King Hall Legal Foundation, “Public Interest Fellow” 2002

• Feature Story Interview – “Mergers & Acquisitions: Less Harrowing, More Helpful in Reality Than in Popular Fiction,” Nevada Business Magazine, November 2024

• Member, Washoe County Bar Association
• Member, Tahoe Truckee Bar Association
• Member, Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce
• Graduate, Leadership Reno-Sparks, Chamber of Commerce, Class of 2012 (nine-month program on communication, developmental organization, and community participation)

• Director, Truckee Trails Foundation
• Director, Fresh Start Charities