Paul Redmond Michel was an American

United States

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 federal judge

Federal judge

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 on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...

 from 1988 until 2010, and served as its chief judge

Chief judge

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 from 2004 until his retirement.
Michel received a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1963 from Williams College

Williams College

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 and a J.D.

Juris Doctor

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 in 1966 from the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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. He was admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1967, in U.S. district court in 1968, in U.S. circuit court and before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1969.

He was assistant district attorney

District attorney

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 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

United States Army Reserve

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 from 1966 to 1972.