Butler Justice, Inc. (Butler- Justice) has built a remarkable reputation for knowledge, experience and innovation within the asphalt, aggregate, mining and industrial production industry. Since 1998, Butler-Justice has dedicated itself to providing simple and effective solutions to complex environmental challenges. Additionally, the company continues to serve customers in the aggregate, asphalt, concrete, quarry and mining fields with a full line card of crushing, screening and material handling equipment, parts and components.

The Early Years – Two Mikes Share a Strong Work Ethic and Desire to Succeed

Business partnerships often come down to timing, chemistry and even a bit of luck. Mike Butler (Butler) and Mike Justice (Justice) first met one another while working for a high chrome foundry in South Gate. The company was Pacific Alloy Castings Co., Inc. and they manufactured wear parts for the aggregate industry. Justice was serving as Vice President of the company and he and Butler hit it off almost immediately. “Mike and I were a lot alike and also very different. We both had an easygoing temperament, and shared many of the same values and work ethic. After all, we were both Boy Scouts and of course lived by the

Boy Scout Law of being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent,” Butler says with a smile. “Honestly, Mike Justice is one of the best men I have ever met in my life, besides my father and my son. We had a good Yin and Yang relationship. Where one was weak, the other was strong and this made for a great partnership. It was a sad and devastating loss for myself and so many others when Mike passed away in 2006 from ALS.”

As seen in CalAPA’s California Asphalt Magazine, October 24, 2023