Michael F. Easley Jr.
Michael Francis Easley Jr. is an American lawyer who previously served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Education
Easley received his Bachelor of Arts, with honors and distinction, from the University of [North Carolina at Chapel Hill] in 2007 and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2010.Career
From 2010 to 2021, he was a litigation partner at the law firm of McGuireWoods. His practice focused on government investigations and a range of civil and criminal matters in both state and federal courts.Easley was a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the Eastern District of North Carolina, through which he provided legal representation to indigent clients under federal indictment or investigation. He served as a council member for the Criminal Justice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and as a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina. He previously served on the Board of Directors for North Carolina's Tenth Judicial District Bar and the Wake County Bar Association.
He resumed private practice at McGuireWoods, in March 2025, as the managing partner of its Raleigh office, following his February resignation from public office.