Louis Scolnik (February 14, 1923 – October 10, 2024) was an American civil rights attorney and jurist who served as the 94th Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from September 7, 1983, to July 31, 1988.

[3] In the final year of World War II, he served as an officer on LCI(L) 776, a U.S. Navy infantry amphibious landing ship,[3] which received heavy fire just before the surrender of Japan.

[3] While in the Navy, Scolnik participated in landings in the Philippines and occupation duty in China, held impromptu jam sessions with other musicians in the service, and went on to ultimately command his ship.

One of the first decisions he authored as a justice struck down a local obscenity statute in his hometown of Lewiston, which Scolnik observed "would reduce the adult population to reading only what is fit for juveniles.

[2] Among his favorite tunes were “Sunny Side of the Street” and “Our Love is Here to Stay.”[7] In 1951, Scolnik married Paula Revitz, a beloved high school English teacher, with whom he had three daughters: Nina, Donna, and Julie.

That same year, the ACLU of Maine established the Justice Louis Scolnik Award, which annually honors members of the legal community who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the protection of civil liberties.