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Scott R. Melton

Gruel Mills
  • Recognized Since:
    2018
  • Recognized in:
    Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
    Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Law School:
    Wayne State University
  • Website:
    http://www.gmnp.com
  • Location:
    99 Monroe Avenue, NW, Suite 800
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Scott has extensive experience in the areas of product liability, medical device defects, medical malpractice and birth trauma, personal injury, road design and construction site accidents, and complex litigation.

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Scott has extensive experience in the areas of product liability, medical device defects, medical malpractice and birth trauma, personal injury, road design and construction site accidents, and complex litigation.
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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge

Education:

  • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, B.A., graduated 1982
  • Wayne State University , J. D., graduated 1982

Bar Admissions:

  • Michigan, 1982
 

Court Admissions:

  • All Michigan Courts
  • United States District Court, Western Dist. of Michiagn
  • United States Dist. Court, Eastern Dist. of Michigan
  • United States Dist. Court, Northern Dist. Ohio
  • United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Affiliations:

  • Grand Rapids Bar Association - Member, Executive Committee, Treasurer 2017-2019
  • Grand Valley State University, Legal Studies Advisory Board - Board Member
  • Kentwood Public Schools Educational Association - Past President; current Trustee
  • Michigan Association for Justice - Member
  • Michigan Justice Foundation - Fellow
  • State Bar of Michigan - Member
  • The American Association for Justice - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Grand Rapids (2021)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
 

Awards:

  • Founding Partner, Gruel Mills Nims & Pylman - 1985
  • Listed in Woodward/White, Best Lawyers in America (24th Ed)
  • “AV - Preeminent Lawyer” peer review rating through Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating available for legal ability and integrity
  • National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers
  • Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers®
  • Peer selected for inclusion in Leading Lawyers, a listing of the leading lawyers limited to 5 percent of licensed attorneys in the State of Michigan
 

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Gruel Mills
http://www.gmnp.com
 
Headquarters
99 Monroe Avenue, NW, Suite 800
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 235.5500