Larry Butz

Larry Butz is Phoenix Wright's oldest friend. According to Wright, they have known each other since they were small children. He appears in Wright's investigations from time to time.

Even though he switches between girlfriends and jobs rather quickly, he stands by Wright when he needs help.

Defendant

 * Main article: The First Turnabout

Involvement in the Hammond murder case

 * ''Main article: Turnabout Goodbyes

As a security guard

 * Main article: The Stolen Turnabout

As an artist

 * Main article: Bridge to the Turnabout

Note on relationships
Throughout the course of the series, it seems that Butz's biggest priority in life is to find a girlfriend. Even though he says that he is close to his many girlfriends, he seems oblivious to what they are actually doing. One example of this was Cindy Stone, the victim in the first case of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. He did not know that she was also dating several other "sugar daddies", as Winston Payne put it. Ironically, Stone seems to have been the closest thing to a serious girlfriend that Butz has ever had.

His girlfriends are almost always models; Cindy Stone was the first mentioned in the game. In Turnabout Goodbyes he briefly mentions another woman who is also a model, however in the closing slideshow of the first game he claims she has emigerated and "left him behind". Two years later he flirts with Desirée DeLite when working as a security guard for Kane Bullard having just been dumped by another model. It is also noteworthy that he started painting somewhat childish portraits of Elise Deauxnim, unaware that she was in fact Misty Fey until later.