Francis Joseph Boyle

Francis Joseph Boyle (June 14, 1927 – September 11, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Education and career Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Boyle was in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. He attended Providence College and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He received a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1952 and was in private practice in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1953, and then in Newport, Rhode Island until 1977. Federal judicial service