M. Dylan O'Reilly

Mr. Dylan O’Reilly is a shareholder and director in Miller Stratvert P.A.’s Santa Fe, New Mexico office, where he handles a wide range of commercial transactions from loan documentation, secured transactions, real estate transactions, leases, business purchases and sales, as well as litigation matters involving partnership disputes, creditors’ rights, foreclosures, bankruptcy, and collections. With his transaction and litigation experience he frequently advises business owners. He also serves as a neutral mediator in commercial and real estate matters.

Mr. O’Reilly was appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court to the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners in 2020 (where he still serves and chairs the rules committee), and was elected to serve as a Bar Commissioner of the New Mexico State Bar starting in 2025. In 2020 he was appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court to an ad hoc committee concerning litigation backlogs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

His past board service includes Business Law Section of the New Mexico State Bar (2009-2013; chair 2012); Young Lawyer Division liaison to the state bar’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Section board; University of New Mexico School of Law Alumni Association (2011-2016); Leadership San Juan Alumni Association (2013-2014); Sexual Assault Services of Northwest New Mexico (including 3 years as president), and Santa Fe ProMusica (2016-2024, 1 year as secretary).

Awards and Honors

2025 elected as Commissioner of NM State Bar

2021 appointed to NM Board of Bar Examiners

2016 earned AV-Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubble

2013 awarded Business Lawyer of the Year, New Mexico State Bar Business Law Section

2012 Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star

Presentations

Streamlining the Rule Change Process, speaker, Annual Bar Admissions Conference, National Conference of Bar Examiners, May 7, 2023

Real Estate Transactions Toolkit: Drafting Purchase and Sale Agreements and Deeds, speaker, National Business Institute, December 9, 2019, Santa Fe, New Mexico Litigating Against Sovereign Citizens, speaker, State of New Mexico Risk Management Division, November 22, 2019, Santa Fe, New MexicoPiercing the LLC or Corporate Veil, speaker, National Business Institute, December 7, 2015 Responsibilities of Officers and Directors, Four Corners Professional Development Conference, October 9, 2014, Farmington, New Mexico Business Contracts A to Z, moderator/speaker, National Business Institute, December 10, 2012, Farmington, New Mexico Non-Profit Board Basics, speaker on legal topics, bi-annual free seminar for board members of area non-profit entities, May 2013 to September 2016, Farmington, New Mexico

Publications

Publications

Time Will Test New Bankruptcy Law,“ New Mexico Business Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1, January 2006

If a Client Files [Bankruptcy], The Business Has Choices, Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook, July 13, 2006

Time to Update the LLC Act, Business Law Section of the State Bar of New Mexico Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2014