Blaylock honored as fellow in Memphis Bar Foundation

Law Talk profile for The Memphis Daily News

Nov. 15, 2012

David Blaylock grew up in Smalltown, America. Oxford, Miss., to be exact, on the historic square in his father’s shop, Blaylock Drug Store, the current home of Square Books.

As a boy, he worked in the drug store yet realized early on that “it was not what I was cut out for.” His interests lay elsewhere, 250 miles north in the hallways of Vanderbilt University where he studied history and English.

“In small towns, the lawyers were respected members of the community who seemed to be doing a lot of good for people and helping people, and I just thought it was a good profession to follow,” Blaylock said.

He followed that profession back home and the University of Mississippi School of Law where he graduated in 1964. Having graduated, he left Courthouse Square in Oxford for Court Square in Memphis where he saw more opportunity for experience and space to spread his wings.

“The oldest lawyer in Oxford at that time was maybe 50 years old, so I didn’t see much room opening up,” he laughs. “Oxford was a lot different then, it was a lot smaller and wasn’t growing all that much.” … (read more)