Patricia Boyle
Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle (born March 31, 1937 in Detroit , Michigan , † January 13, 2014 in Fort Myers , Florida ) was an American lawyer . After her appeal by President Jimmy Carter , she served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the eastern district of Michigan from 1978 until her resignation in 1983 .
Career
After completing her schooling, Patricia Boyle attended Wayne State University in her hometown of Detroit, where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees in 1963 . She then worked as a legal assistant at a Detroit law firm, before working in the same capacity for Thaddeus M. Machrowicz , a judge at the federal district court for the eastern district of Michigan and a former congressman , from 1964 to 1965 . Between 1965 and 1970, Boyle served as assistant federal attorney for the eastern district of Michigan; then she was from 1970 to 1976 Assistant District Attorney in Wayne County with the rank of Director of Research Training and Appeals . From 1976 to 1978 she served as a judge on Detroit's Recorders' Court , a city court with limited jurisdiction.
On July 25, 1978, Boyle was named by President Carter to succeed Damon Keith as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan . After confirmation by the US Senate on September 22 of the same year, she was able to take office the next day. She resigned on April 20, 1983 after serving as a judge on the Michigan Supreme Court . Her successor as federal judge was George E. Woods . The ordinary election to the Supreme Court of her home state took place in 1986; in 1990 she was re-elected for an additional eight-year term before retiring in 1998.
Patricia Boyle was a member of the Democratic Party , but never held political office. She was also a member of the NAACP for many years and was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in October 1986 . She died of respiratory failure while visiting relatives in Florida on January 13, 2014 and was buried in Memorial Cemetery in Commerce .
Web links
- Patricia Boyle in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Patricia Boyle at The Political Graveyard
- Patricia Boyle in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- Biography in the Michigan Supreme Court
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boyle, Patricia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boyle, Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2014 |
| Place of death | Fort Myers , Florida |