Melvin D. Lofton II

Melvin Lofton is an Associate Attorney of Lewis and Munday, P.C.’s Corporate Services Practice Group. His legal practice includes, but is not limited to, commercial contracts, joint development agreements, non-disclosure agreements, warranty agreements, software license agreements, capital equipment leases, contract staffing and professional service agreements, and procurement process compliance.

Melvin has over two decades of strategic sourcing and contracts management experience acquired while working in both the public and private sectors. Over 15 years of his experience comes from the Automotive industry working for global tier-one suppliers. During that time Melvin drafted, negotiated, and managed commercial agreements for a wide range of goods and services including but not limited to, Direct materials (i.e., small steel stampings, steel wire forms, and plastic parts), Capital equipment leases (i.e., fork trucks, copiers, computers, cell phones, robots, welders, and office space), MRO (e.g., hand tools, gloves, earplugs, and eye goggles), and Professional Services (e.g., contract labor, facilities management, waste removal, construction services, travel management, and software licenses). He has also developed and implemented training, procedure, and compliance manuals for Credit Card & Expense Reporting programs and warehouse management programs.

This breadth of experience gives Melvin the ability to provide his clients with actionable legal advice and analysis in the context of real-world problems.

• AREAS OF PRACTICECommercial Transactions, Contract Law, Automotive Supply Chain and compliance
• BAR ADMISSIONSMichigan
• EDUCATIONJD, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School; BA, Bowling Green State University