Scott E. Johnson

Practice Areas
Corporate and Business Law
Hospitality Law
Trademarks
Commercial Transactions
Mergers and Acquisitions

Scott E. Johnson heads up the firm’s hospitality law department. As a lawyer with over 25 years of diverse legal experience, most of it as in-house counsel, Scott provides Moran Kidd's hospitality and corporate clients with a unique business law perspective.

Scott concentrates his practice in the areas of hospitality law (hotels, restaurants, theme parks and related service companies), contracts and transactional matters, corporate and business law, employment law and trademarks.

Prior to joining Moran Kidd, Scott was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Planet Hollywood International, Inc. and its more than 20 subsidiary and affiliated restaurant entities. In that position, Scott was not only responsible for the company’s legal department and worldwide legal affairs, but he was also in charge of the company’s human resources department. Previously, Scott also served as the Associate General Counsel for Bally’s Park Place Casino Hotel.

Education
Delaware Law School of Widener University, J.D., 1980
Rowan University, formerly Glassboro State College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude

Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania, 1980
New Jersey, 1987
Florida, 1991

Professional Activities
American Bar Association
The Florida Bar
New Jersey State Bar
Pennsylvania Bar
Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association
Florida Restaurant Association
Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys
Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Community Activities
Scott is an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management, where he teaches Hospitality Law.

Military Experience
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, USNR, 1979-1984