Kelvin W. Scott is currently Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Plastech Engineered Products, Inc., a tier one and tier two suppler to the automotive industry. He formerly worked as Associate Corporate Counsel for Masco Corporation, a litigator with the firm of Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy and Pelton, an Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorneys office in the Eastern District of Michigan and an associate attorney and partner with the law firm Dickinson Wright. Mr. Scott received a Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987 and a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1984.
Mr. Scott's law practice has covered many aspects of civil and criminal litigation. In addition to his current general corporate practice, he has also handled employment litigation under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, commercial litigation, product liability litigation and both the prosecution and defense of criminal cases. While at the U.S. Attorneys office, Mr. Scott litigated many federal jury trials, including drug offenses, gun cases and fraud prosecutions. He also argued several criminal cases before the sixth circuit court of appeals.
Mr. Scott is a past president of the Wolverine Bar Association, one of the largest organizations of African American attorneys in the country. Mr. Scott is the former Chairman of the Board of the Eastside Emergency Center, a homeless shelter and transitional housing development for single mothers in Detroit. He served on the Board of Directors for the Barristers of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association and received its Distinguished Service Award. He is a past president and former state representative of the Detroit chapter of the National Black Prosecutors Association. He is also a former executive board member for the 15th Democratic Congressional District (now the 13th district).