Minnesota Corporate and Transactional Lawyers

Corporate and Transactional Law

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500, Minneapolis, MN 55402

Corporate Governance

Corporate and Transactional Law

19230 Evans St NW, Suite 103, Elk River, MN 55330

Sholly A. Blustin is a business attorney with Blustin & Associates, PLLC in Elk River, Minnesota. Auto dealership law and intellectual property are among the practice areas named in his professional biography. The National Association of Dealer Counsel also lists him in its attorney member directory. Blustin’s background includes work in publishing and media as well as law firms. He clerked for the Minneapolis Star Tribune from 1985 to 1987 and worked as an editor at Butterworth Publishing in 1989–1990. Between August and December 1998, he was general counsel to Tremendous Productions. He became the founding partner of Blustin & Associates in January 1999. His biography describes representation of businesses in automotive, manufacturing, media, transportation and logistics, among other industries. Professional wrestling and mixed martial arts appear in its account of sports entertainment work. The matters described range from advertising compliance and business acquisitions to nonprofit formation. For intellectual property, the biography specifies copyright and trademark prosecution, rights clearance, and negotiations over licensing and royalties; it also mentions university research contracts. His separately listed estate-planning practice covers wills, trusts and succession plans. A University of Minnesota Law School graduate with a Juris Doctor, Blustin was admitted in Minnesota in 1987 and to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1990. His legal writing includes a 1995 publication on litigation concerns in mergers and acquisitions of closely held businesses, which he edited and coauthored for the Minnesota Institute of Legal Education.