Richard E. Myers II

Richard E. Myers II
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Assumed office
January 1, 2021
Preceded byTerrence Boyle
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Assumed office
December 10, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byMalcolm Jones Howard
Personal details
Born1967 (age 5758)
Kingston, Jamaica
EducationUniversity of North Carolina, Wilmington (BA, MA)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)

Richard Ernest Myers II (born 1967) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He was appointed in 2019 by President Donald Trump, and he has been the chief judge of the district court since 2021. Before his appointment, Myers was a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.