Paul Redmond Michel (born February 3, 1941) is a retired United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and a former Chief Judge of that court.
Paul Redmond Michel
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Born 1941 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 1633
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 54/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,106/year
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1988–2010Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1988–2010
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
Adjunct faculty · 1991–present
Adjunct faculty · 1991–present- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2004–2010
- U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of PennsylvaniaCounsel and administrative assistant · 1981–1988
U.S. Department of JusticeAssociate deputy attorney general · 1978–1981- Public Integrity Section, U.S. Department of JusticeDeputy chief and 'Koreagate' prosecutor · 1976–1978
- U.S. Senate Intelligence CommitteeAssistant counsel · 1975–1976
- Assistant special prosecutor for Watergate1974–1975
- Office of the Deputy District Attorney for Investigations, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaAssistant district attorney · 1966–1974
U.S. Army Reserve1966–1972
Appointments
1988–2010 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1966- Williams CollegeA.B. · 1963