The G. Eugene Boyce
Center of Advocacy
September 21, 2015
Campbell Law School
Greetings & IntroductionsJ. Rich Leonard
Dean, Campbell Law School
Invocation
Presidential Remarks
Dr. Britt J. Davis
Vice President, Campbell University
Dr. J. Bradley Creed
President, Campbell University
Acceptance of GiftJ. Rich Leonard
Dean, Campbell Law School
Personal Reflection
Closing Remarks
G. Eugene Boyce
Daniel R. Tilly
Director of Advocacy & Assistant Professor, Campbell Law School
*Please join us for a reception immediately following in Pope Foyer
G. Eugene Boyce
Practitioner in Residence
G. Eugene “Gene” Boyce is an accomplished attorney who currently serves as
Senior Counsel at Nexsen Pruet, focusing primarily in the areas of class action
law, litigation, commercial litigation and constitutional law. Throughout his
career, Boyce has participated as defendant and plaintiff attorney in countless
jury trials and more than 142 appellate proceedings in state and federal
courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also examined the conduct
of public officials at the highest federal and state levels.
One of Boyce’s signature achievements includes serving as assistant chief
counsel to the Watergate Committee, working alongside Senator Sam J.
Ervin. Boyce served as the lead investigator in the discovery of President
Nixon’s White House taping system. He also worked as counsel to the U.S.
Senate Ethics Committee, and vetted numerous applicants for federal judicial
appointments as special counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and
advisor to its chairman, Senator Robert Morgan.
A native North Carolinian, Mr. Boyce and his wife have been married since
1954. They have three children and seven grandchildren.