Blaine Dyas is an associate attorney with Remy Moose Manley, LLP. His practice focuses on all aspects of environmental and land use law, with a strong emphasis on CEQA. He brings a blend of legal, engineering, and social experience to the firm.

Blaine drafts two articles per month as an editor of the California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter and co-chairs the California Lawyers Association’s Environmental Legislation Committee, where he collaborates with top policy advisors and tracks key environmental and energy legislation.

Prior to joining RMM, Blaine served the State Water Resources Control Board under the SAFER program to help disadvantaged communities gain access to clean water via the Aoki Water Justice Clinic and the Office of Legislative Counsel, where he drafted substantive bills and resolutions and provided informal and formal legal opinions to legislators and their contacts regarding labor, artificial intelligence, and privacy. Separately, Blaine satisfied his law school writing requirement with a piece on the intersection of artificial intelligence, social media, democracy, and California’s constitutional right to privacy. During law school, Blaine also founded the Renewable Energy Law Society at UC Davis Law, which hosts environmental and energy law and policy discussions with some of the state’s leading voices across the lawmaking, public, and private sectors.

Before law school, Blaine earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas. Blaine practiced construction management, civil engineering consulting, and aerospace structures engineering.

A public speaker and advocate, Blaine has presented to audiences ranging from small teams to groups of over 1,000. His speaking experience includes leadership roles at Texas Tech University; participation in moot court, negotiations, and trial practice during law school; and delivering presentations to students on the renewable energy transition and privacy law and policy. Blaine also speaks on environmental law panels at U.C. Davis Law and hosts webinars for the California Lawyers Association on environmental and energy legislation.