Jane Jackson Boyle is a district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo...

. She joined the court in 2004 after being nominated by President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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Early life and education

Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania

Sharon, Pennsylvania

Sharon is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in the United States, northwest of Pittsburgh. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

, Boyle graduated from the University of Texas with her Bachelor's degree in 1977 and later from Southern Methodist University School of Law with a Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

 degree in 1981.

Legal career

She was a Misdemeanor

Misdemeanor

A misdemeanor is a "lesser" criminal act in many common law legal systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished much less severely than felonies, but theoretically more so than administrative infractions and regulatory offences...

 and felony

Felony

A felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors...

 prosecutor in the Dallas County

Dallas County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,218,899 people, 807,621 households, and 533,837 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,523 people per square mile . There were 854,119 housing units at an average density of 971/sq mi...

 District Attorney's Office from 1981 to 1985 and was a Chief felony prosecutor from 1985 to 1987. Boyle was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas from 1987 to 1990. In 2002, Boyle became a U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas until her appointment as a federal judge in 2004.

Federal Judicial Career

In 2004, Boyle was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas by President George W. Bush on November 24, 2003 to a seat vacated by Jerry L. Buchmeyer. Boyle was confirmed by the Senate on June 17, 2004 on a Senate vote and received her commission on June 29, 2004.