By Bob Walsh
Scott Norris Johnson, 60, is a lawyer in the Sacramento area. He has filed many thousand ADA lawsuits over the last 20 years and made a very good living at it. Some of them have been dubious and many of his settlements appear to have been 'take the money and go away" settlements.
He is expected to plead guilty today on a single count of tax fraud in federal court and is likely to get a term of home confinement. He is in a wheel chair and unfortunately wheel-chair restricted prisoners are a significant management problem.
His mouthpiece has repeatedly emphasized that his conviction strictly relates to his tax problems and has nothing whatsoever to do with past time of suing businesses over ADA issues. The maximum penalty is $250,000 restitution and 36 months in the can. He is expected to get 18 months home detention and the restitution. It is possible he would still be allowed to "visit" businesses during his home confinement and then be allowed to sue them if they were not fully ADA compliant. At least some of his lawsuits were based on his driving by a small business and believing their wheel chair access appeared to be inadequate.
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