Otis Milton Smith (February 20, 1922 – June 29, 1994) was the first African American justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and the General Counsel for General Motors.

[3] His reputation for fighting graft there earned him a nickname: "the man who shot Santa Claus.

He was appointed a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1961 by Governor John Swainson[5] He retained his seat in the 1962 election[6] but lost re-election in 1966, and was then hired by General Motors.

[7] A portrait also hangs in the admissions of The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.

[8] A scholarship in his name is administered by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.