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'Crotchety' Lawyer of the Day: Johann Scott Scrimshire

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Johann Scott Scrimshire is a Minneapolis attorney who likes to let it all hang out. He specializes in criminal defense and business corporate law, but is apparently unfamiliar with laws dealing with public nudity. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Johann Scott Scrimshire, 42, was arrested about 6 a.m. near Calhoun Parkway after a 911 call about a man on a bicycle exposing himself to walkers and joggers.
The officers who responded said Scrimshire told them he was training for a bike race on the West Coast in which participants ride nude, said Sgt. William Palmer, a Minneapolis police spokesman.
The officers said Scrimshire was wearing a skirt-like garment or a pair of shorts with the crotch area removed. Palmer said. “It clearly looked intentional,” he said.

Clearly.
Apparently, Scrimshire is training for the World Naked Bike Ride (moderately NSFW), an organization that holds naked bike rides in cities around the globe. The photo on this post is from the organization’s D.C. event. From the website, it doesn’t appear to be a very serious event; we wonder if others have been moved to don special “skirt-like” training gear in order to prepare.
Other than naked riding, we’re not sure what Scrimshire is up to these days. He used to be the primary name partner at personal injury firm Martineau, Gonko, & Vavreck — its website address still bears his initial: SMGV — but the firm tells us he left in April. Beyond that, the firm had no comment, and was not especially happy about this “exposure.”
As for Scrimshire, he tells the Tribune: “The charges are ridiculous, and the facts will come out in court.” We hope the facts are all that Scrimshire decides to put on display in court.
Cyclist arrested while training for naked bike race, police say [Minneapolis Star Tribune]

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