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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 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

250 1 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
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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 movan_t in Sexton volunta,rily
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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




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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 .Court.

      All sitting. All concur.

      ENTERED: December 14, 2017.



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