Title: DANNY PERKINS BUTLER V. KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 2017-SC-000530-KB
State: Kentucky
Issuer: Kentucky Supreme Court
Date: December 14, 2017

TO BE PUBLISHED ~uprttttt <!lnurf nf 1ftenf utkl! 2017-SC-OO,OSSO-KB 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 Peddns 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 Professional 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 ~ember number is 09930 and his bar roster address is 118 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 2501 Greensburg, Kentucky 42743. Movant was admitted· to the p:i: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 Circuit 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 ail extensive disciplinary history including four private ' 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 movan_t in Sexton volunta,rily . . resigned and was permanently disba_.rred after he pled 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 res~lt 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 entry of this order, pending further orders of this Court; and 2 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 .Court. All sitting. All concur. ENTERED: December 14, 2017. CHI 3