Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
Case No. CAE16-25945
Argued: September 7, 2017
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
Misc. Docket AG No. 14
September Term, 2016
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
OF MARYLAND
v.
LANCE BUTLER III
Barbera, C.J.
Greene
Adkins
McDonald
Watts
Hotten
Getty,
JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
Filed: September 7, 2017
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE * In the
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
* Court of Appeals
v. * of Maryland
LANCE BUTLER III * Misc. Docket AG No. 14
September Term, 2016
PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it
is this 7th day of September 2017,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the
Respondent, Lance Butler III be, and he is hereby, disbarred,
effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State
of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of
Lance Butler III from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to
Maryland Rule 19-761, shall certify that fact to the Trustees of
the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals
in the State; and it is further
ORDERED that Respondent shall pay all costs as taxed by the
Clerk of this Court, including the costs of all transcripts, pursuant
to Maryland Rule 19-709, for which sum judgment is entered in favor
of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against Lance Butler
III.
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
Chief Judge