Qiara Butler

Qiara Butler is a member of the Litigation Department in the firm's Baltimore office. She maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes.

While earning her J.D. at University of Baltimore School of Law, Qiara was a summer associate at Saul Ewing. She was also a judicial intern for the Honorable Myshala Middleton in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and a volunteer law clerk in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.

While attending law school, Qiara worked for the Social Security Administration, where she investigated and adjudicated disability benefit entitlement decisions. She was also a union steward and vice president for the American Federation of Government Employees Union.

Bar Admissions

• Maryland

Degrees

J.D., magna cum laude, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2024

• Executive Editor, University of Baltimore Law Review
• Inductee, Royal Graham Shannonhouse III Honor Society 
• Community Service Chair, Mid-Atlantic Black Law Students Association
• Student Representative, The Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland, Inc.
• Social Media Committee Member, National Bar Association - ADR Section    

M.P.A., cum laude, University of Maryland, 2012

B.S., University of Maryland, 2009