Scott Melton

Scott R. Melton practices in the areas of medical malpractice, product liability, personal injury, road design and construction litigation, and complex litigation.EDUCATION University of Michigan (B.A. 1979) Wayne State University Law School (J.D. 1982)PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Grand Rapids Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100; and former member of the American Inns of Court.AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Martindale Hubble Register of Preminent Lawyers; Michigan Super Lawyers; a contributing author and lecturer in the areas of product liability and Michigan no-fault law and medical malpractice. Contributing author, "Handling Medical Negligence Cases in Michigan," NBI, 2005; "What Civil Judges Want You to Know," NBI 2010; A featured speaker at Citizens Law School and the engineering program at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Contributing author to Avoiding Environmental Liability in Michigan, NBI, 1991. He also serves as a mediator.COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Legal Studies Advisory Board of Grand Valley State University; Kentwood Public Schools Educational Foundation, Board Member, Immediate past President; Active member of the boards of for-profit and nonprofit organizations as well as taking an active role in the leadership of his church. Past sponsor and coach, Kentwood Baseball League.