Ellis Boyle named US Attorney for Eastern District of North Carolina

On Monday,  attorney Ellis Boyle was installed as the new US Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, taking over one of the busiest federal prosecutorial offices in the country.  The oath was administered by his father, United States District Judge Terrence Boyle, at the Terry Sanford Courthouse in Raleigh.

Ellis Boyle, who practiced law at Ward and Smith and served as an assistant US attorney, inherits a district facing a significant number of cases including violent crime, gang violence, drug trafficking, and white-collar fraud. It’s a sprawling jurisdiction covering 44 counties across the eastern third of North Carolina, from the Virginia border down to the South Carolina line and stretching from the coastal plain to the Sandhills.

“It’s an incredible responsibility and honor and privilege to to have this position that I will take very seriously and commit myself to keeping the good citizens of the United States and North Carolina, the Eastern District in particular, safe and to get rid of crime,” Boyle told Carolina Journal on Monday afternoon.

Boyle replaces Michael Easley Jr., who stepped down in early February after more than three years in the role. Easley had expanded staff and implemented programs to combat violent crime.

Boyle comes in as the White House and Attorney General Pam Bondi roll out Operation Take Back America, a multi-agency initiative to stop illegal immigration, eliminate cartels, and combat human and drug trafficking in the United States. Bondi appointed Boyle as the interim US Attorney on Aug. 7.

“President Trump and Attorney General Bondi have given direction to the United States attorneys and the Department of Justice to participate in Take Back America, and we will do so in the Eastern District of North Carolina with diligence and vigor,” Boyle said.

Boyle’s appointment brings unique complications: his father is one of the most senior judges in the district and has served on the federal bench since 1984. With his son now leading the office that prosecutes cases in his courtroom, Judge Boyle could recuse himself from a share of cases on his criminal docket.

Ellis Boyle is from northeastern North Carolina, born and raised in Edenton. He earned a degree in history from Davidson College. After graduating, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Army, where he served as an infantry officer for four years, eventually rising to the rank of captain. Following his time in the Army, Ellis Boyle earned a law degree from Wake Forest University Law School. After graduating, he spent a year as a law clerk for the US District Judge Claude Hilton in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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