Minneapolis attorney William Butler has been suspended from practicing law in the federal appellate court of the 8th Circuit and the federal court for Minnesota.
Last summer, Chief Judge Michael Davis asked retired Judge James Rosenbaum to investigate Butler’s fitness to appear before this court and to make a disciplinary recommendation. Butler has been hit with more than $300,000 in sanctions by the federal judges in Minnesota.
He defends people whose homes have been foreclosed on. He routinely argues that that mortgage companies do not have clear title to the original notes, therefore the foreclosure is illegal. That argument has been repeatedly rejected in court.
In an order, the court said he uses delay tactics and shops for judges by dismissing lawsuits and them immediately refiling them. In one instance he shuffled the plaintiffs and refiled the same suit with a different lead plaintiff. The court estimated he has filed more than 30 frivolous lawsuits and to date has not paid any of what he owes.
The Appeals Court said he will remain suspended until he pays the sanctions to the Minnesota federal court or the court finds he has “substantially complied with his obligations to it.” Davis said he will not lift his suspension until the Appeals Court reinstates Butler.
Source: http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2014/01/16/attorney-william-butler-suspended/
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