Paul Michel

Judge Paul Michel retired as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit where he served from 1988 to 2010. Earlier, he was Deputy District Attorney for Investigations in Philadelphia, Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor, Assistant Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Church Committee), chief Koreagate prosecutor for the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, Associate Deputy U.S. Attorney General, and Counsel and Chief of Staff to Senator Arlen Specter. Currently, he chairs the Executive Committee of Keep Our Republic’s Article III Coalition of over 50 retired federal district and circuit judges promoting judicial independence, adherence to the Constitution, and rule of law. He was educated at Williams College and the University of Virginia Law School.