Bill Essayli
Bill Essayli | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California | |
| Assumed office October 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph T. McNally |
| United States Attorney for the Central District of California | |
Interim | |
| In office April 2, 2025 – July 29, 2025 Acting: July 30, 2025 – October 29, 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | E. Martin Estrada Joseph T. McNally (acting) |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 63rd district | |
| In office December 5, 2022 – April 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony Rendon (redistricting) |
| Succeeded by | Natasha Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bilal Ali Essayli November 24, 1985 |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (BA) Chapman University (JD) |
Bilal Ali "Bill" Essayli (born November 24, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician who currently serves as the First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California. He previously served as the interim United States attorney for the Central District of California from April to July 2025. A federal judge ruled that he had illegally served as the acting US Attorney. Essayli was disqualified from holding the position because he stayed on beyond the initial interim period without having received official congressional approval, and was immediately reassigned to the First Assistant United States Attorney role.
Essayli served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2022 until 2025. A Republican, he was the first Muslim elected to the California State Assembly, where he represented the 63rd district, which includes Canyon Lake, Corona, Eastvale, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Norco, Riverside, Temescal Valley, and Woodcrest.