ANDOVER - The Supreme Judicial Court may have denied her latest appeal, but disbarred lawyer Barbara Johnson is not ready to stop fighting.

Johnson, a flamboyant former gubernatorial candidate and a fathers' rights activist from Andover, said she will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review her case. On Dec. 13, the state's Board of Overseers upheld her 2006 ban from practicing law and a contempt charge.

"They made up their minds before I even walked into the room," Johnson said of her appeal hearing. "This was just retaliation. They don't like me because I'm a whistle-blower. This is because I have challenged judges and criticized them."

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Francis Spina disbarred Johnson in August 2006 on charges including posting clients' confidential information on her Web site, commingling a former client's money with her own and conducting herself in an "insulting, vituperative manner."

Spina sent Johnson to jail last October for a week when he found her in contempt of court for not obeying the terms of her disbarment.

Johnson maintains there is no evidence to prove any of those charges.

"They are all lies," she said. "They've never been able to produce anything. It was all fake. They will not give the client's name, or how much money. This is simply a smoke screen they've brought against me."

She said once she is done petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review her case - a review she admits will be difficult to get - she will begin writing a book on court reform, an expose' of sorts.

"Hopefully my uniqueness will land me a book agent. Given I've been in jail, it should help my cause," Johnson said. "They like that stuff."

Johnson, 73, gained fame locally in 2002 when she successfully defended a Haverhill man accused of kidnapping his daughter. Later that year she launched an independent campaign for governor, riding an antique firetruck around the state and claiming to "douse the flames of corruption in the court system."

Johnson said a book is the only way for her to make money, now that she cannot practice law. She will also post some Google ads on her Web site, www.falseallegations.com, to make some cash.

The Web site comments on her legal struggles, criticizes the court system, and offers legal advice.

"I need some money badly," she said. "So, I'll write the book, and let people know about the injustice, as long as I don't freeze to death first."