Paul Redmond Michel

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.

Education and experience Born on February 3, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Lincoln M. and Dorothy, Michel was educated in public schools in Wayne, Pennsylvania and Radnor, Pennsylvania.

He was assistant district attorney in the Office of the Deputy District Attorney for Investigations in Philadelphia from 1966 to 1974, as well as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve from 1966 to 1972. From 1974 to 1975 he was the Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor, and from 1975 to 1976 was assistant counsel to the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He then became the deputy chief and Koreagate prosecutor for the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice from 1976 to 1978. Judge Randall Ray Rader succeeded him as Chief Judge. In the made for TV-movie about Elizabeth Morgan's case, Kenneth Welsh played the role of Michel. Michel has been married to Brooke England since 2004. He has two adult children.