April 2018

Deputy Chief State's Attorney Leonard Boyle is stepping down to return to the U.S. attorney's office to serve as the top assistant to recently appointed U.S. Attorney John H. Durham.

Boyle previously worked as a federal prosecutor and developed a record of attacking organized crime and public corruption.

Durham, another veteran federal prosecutor with a distinguished record, was selected by President Donald J. Trump to be Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, replacing U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly, who resigned last year.

Boyle, 65, will serve as first assistant U.S. attorney, replacing Michael Gustafson, who was appointed deputy by Daly.

While at the U.S. attorney's office, Boyle also played a key role in the high-profile prosecution related to the corruption case against former State Treasurer Paul Sylvester. Because of recusals resulting from the investigation, Durham was acting U.S. attorney in the Sylvester prosecution, as well as that of former Gov. John G. Rowland.

Boyle was co-counsel on the Sylvester prosecution with former assistant U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy, who is now his wife. Dannehy now works for United Technologies Corp.

After leaving the office in in 2004, Boyle directed the FBI's terrorist screening center in Washington, then was appointed public safety commissioner by former Gov. M. Jodi Rell. Boyle was appointed deputy chief state's attorney for operations in June 2009 and was reappointed to another four-year term last year. He was responsible for oversight of specialized units in the chief state's attorney's office, including a cold case and shooting task force, statewide prosecution bureau, appellate bureau, civil litigation bureau and several fraud units.

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