Scott E. Dwyer

Scott E. Dwyer


Mika Meyers, PLC

Recognized since 2009

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Individuals

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Employment Law - Individuals
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Scott E. Dwyer has extensive experience in the areas of labor, employment and wrongful discharge law, business litigation, shareholder disputes, noncompete agreements and unfair competition and trade secret litigation and employee misconduct investigations, including fraud and fraud litigation. He is a member of the Grand Rapids and American Bar Associations and the State Bar of Michigan. Scott has several reported cases, including: NLRB v Beacon Light Nursing Home, 825 F2d 1076 (6th Cir 1987); Great Lakes Sales Inc v State Tax Commission, 194 Mich App 271 (1992); Ferris State University, Board of Trustees v Ferris Faculty Association, MEA/NEA, 11 MPER 29050 (1998); Michael H Poole v Ferris State University, 1997 Mich App LEXIS 651; Horace Thomas Ludwig v Board of Trustees of Ferris State University, 123 F3d 404; Sally Bell-Mathias v ANR Pipeline Company, 2003 WL 21871886 (Mich App); and J.J.B. Hillard, W. L. Lyons, Inc. v Kevin Clark, et al., 2007 Case No. 1:07-cv-811. He graduated from Hope College, magna cum laude, with his bachelor's degree Phi Beta Kappa and received his law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 900 Monroe Avenue, NW
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Education
  • Hope College
  • Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 1981
Bar Admissions
  • Michigan, State Bar of Michigan
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Autism Support of Kent County - Former Board Member
  • Boy Scouts of America, Gerald R. Ford Council - Member
  • Grand Rapids Bar Association - Member
  • Institute of Continuing Legal Education - Contributor
  • Michigan State Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • National Association of Colleges and Universities - Member
  • State Bar of Michigan - Member
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit

Mika Meyers, PLC
Headquarters: Grand Rapids, Michigan

26 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Employment Law - Individuals
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Labor Law - Management, Grand Rapids (2023)
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Grand Rapids (2022)
  • Employment Law - Individuals, Grand Rapids (2019)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Labor Law - Management
Special Focus:
  • Employment
  • Labor
  • Management
Awards:
  • Selected for inclusion in Grand Rapids Magazine’s 2019-2023 Top Lawyers

  • Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers
  • Listed in Best Lawyers of America
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Information Technology Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Commercial Litigation

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