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DANNY PERKINS BUTLER MOVANT
KBA MEMBER NO. 09930
V. · IN SUPREME COURT
KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION . RESPONDENT
OPINION AND ORDER
Pursuant to SCR 3.480(3), Movant, Danny Perkins Butler, moves this
Court to permit him to resign from the practice of law under terms of .
permanent disbarment for his admitted violations of the Rules of ProfessionaI
Conduct. The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) has no objection to the
negotiated discipline.
Finding this agreed upon disciplinary sanction to be· appropriate under
the facts of this case, we grant Movant's motion .. Movant's KBA member
number is 09930 and his bar roster address is 118 N. Main Street, P.O. Box
250, Greensburg, Kentucky 42743. Movant was admitted· to the pi;actice of law
in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on September 1, 1973.
Movant states in his motion that he _has been indicted in the Hardin
Cfrcuit Court for two offenses, Theft by Unlawful Taking over $10,000.00, and
Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition over $10,000.00. These charges
arose as a result of misappropriating a client's funds for his own use. As a
result, Movant was temporarily suspended from the practice of law on April 27,
2017.
Movant ·h~s had an extensive disciplinary history including four private
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admonitions and a private reprimand with conditions. And as previously
noted, the KBA has no objection to the proposed discipline. In support, the
KBA cites two cases in which a voluntary disbarment was imposed. Sexton v.
Kentucky Bar Association, 253 S.W·.3d 54 (Ky. 2008); and Doan v. Kentucky Bar
Association, 276 S. W.3d 826 (Ky. 2009). The movant in Sexton voluntarily
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resigned and was permanently disbarred after he pied guilty to federal
indictments. The same sanction was granted in Doan after the movant had
already re.signed under terms of disbarment in Ohio as a result of allegations
raised in an Ohio civil suit.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1) Movant, Danny Perkins Butler, KBA Member No. 09930, is
permanently disbarred .from the practice of law in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, effective upon the date of entfy of this order, pending further orders
of this Court; and
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2) Pursuant to SCR 3.450, Movant is directed tO pay all costs associated
with these disciplinary proceedings, effective upon the date of entry of this
order, pending furtber. orders of this .~ourt.
All sitting. All concur.
ENTERED: December 14, 2017.
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