Albert Joseph Engel Jr. (March 21, 1924 – April 5, 2013) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Albert Joseph Engel
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Born 1924 in Lake City, MI
Died 2013 in Grand Rapids, MI
FJC ID: 708
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 22/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 539/year
Michigan Western District Court · 1970–1974Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1973–2013
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1988–1989
- Michigan Circuit Court, Fourteenth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1967–1971
- Private practice, Muskegon, Michigan1952–1967
- U.S. Rep. Ruth Thompson of MichiganAdministrative assistant · 1951
U.S. Army captain1943–1946
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitChief Judge1973–2013 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
1970–1974 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1950- University of MichiganA.B. · 1948