Norman Scott Phillips is an American politician, attorney, and management consultant who is a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates for
District 10 in
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County ( , locally: or ) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland and is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore County (which partially surrounds, though does not include, the independent City of ...
.
Career
Phillips attended
Virginia Union University, where he was valedictorian of his class and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1983, and the
University of Maryland School of Law, where he earned his
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree in 1989.
After graduating, Phillips worked as a minority business program manager at
IBM, eventually becoming the director of its federal small business program.
Before becoming a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, he worked as the Director of the
Minority Business Development Agency Business Center in
Baltimore, Maryland
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.
Phillips first became involved with politics in 2002, when he ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 10. He ran on a ticket with state senator
Delores G. Kelley
Delores Goodwin Kelley (born May 1, 1936) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She was a member of the Maryland Senate, representing Maryland's District 10 in Baltimore County.
Background
Born in Norfol ...
and state delegates
Adrienne A. Jones
Adrienne A. Jones (born November 20, 1954) is the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, the first African-American and first woman to serve in that position in Maryland. Initially appointed by Governor Parris Glendening to fill the vacancy ...
and
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, but failed to advance out of the primary, coming in fourth with 17.3 percent of the vote.
In October 2012, Baltimore County executive
Kevin Kamenetz named Phillips to serve as the chairman of the Baltimore County Planning Board.
In 2022, he again ran for the Maryland House of Delegates on a slate with
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
The Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presides as speaker over the House of Delegates in the state of Maryland in the United States.
List of speakers
Footnotes
References
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Adrienne Jones, then-state delegate
Benjamin Brooks, and nonprofit executive
Jennifer White.
He won the Democratic primary on July 19, receiving 11.8 percent of the vote.
In the legislature
Scott was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11, 2023. He is a member of the House Judiciary Committee.
Personal life
Scott is married to his wife of over 30 years, Valarie. Together, they have two daughters, Erin and Kaylyn.
Electoral history
References
External links
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21st-century American legislators
African-American state legislators in Maryland
Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Living people
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni
Virginia Union University alumni
Maryland lawyers
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Woodstock, Maryland
21st-century African-American politicians
21st-century Maryland politicians
African-American men in politics