ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 26,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hon. Paul R. Michel (Ret.) is being recognized by
Continental Who's Who as a Distinguished Achiever for his
noteworthy contributions to Public Law and in acknowledgment of his
many years of dedicated service to the United States Judiciary.
Following more than 44 years of distinguished public service,
Mr. Michel retired in 2010 after serving for 22 years on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Nominated to this post on
Dec. 19, 1987, by then-President
Ronald Reagan, he was confirmed two
months later by the U.S. Senate and received his commission on
Mar. 4, 1988. In 2004, he became
Chief Judge of the circuit and thus one of the 26 judges who serve
on the Judicial Conference of the United
States, the governing body of the federal judiciary. By
appointment of the United States
Chief Justice, he served on the Conference's seven-judge Executive
Committee. He held these three positions until his retirement on
May 31, 2010.
Since retiring, Mr. Michel has continued to offer his expertise
as an independent legal consultant. He has assisted lawyers in
patent litigations in the federal circuit, federal trial courts,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and International Trade Commission.
In dozens of legal cases, the parties have also selected him to
serve as mediator or arbitrator. He has testified as an expert on
U.S. patent law in court cases in the United Kingdom and Norway and several international arbitrations.
Finally, he has been invited to testify on patent reform before the
intellectual property committees of the
United States Senate and House of Representatives.
Until he became a Chief Judge, Judge Michel taught Appellate
Practice and Procedure as an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University's National Law Center
and appellate advocacy at John Marshall Law School in addition to
his judicial duties. He also authored numerous legal articles and
co-authored a case book for West Publishing titled Patent
Litigation and Strategy in 1999. Judge Michel was a highly sought
speaker at legal conferences all around the country and abroad
during his time on the bench. The international association of
private practitioners of intellectual property law, FICPI, made him
a Member of Honor.
In preparation for his legal career, he obtained his Bachelor of
Arts degree (majoring in political science) from Williams College in 1963 (in 2013, receiving its
Kellogg Award for Outstanding Leadership in Law and Public
Service). In 1966, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from the
University of Virginia Law School.
Before his appointment to the bench, Mr. Michel served for 22
years successively as an assistant district attorney in
Philadelphia, Deputy District
Attorney for Investigations, an Assistant Watergate Special
Prosecutor, Assistant Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence Activities, known as the Church committee, Korea-gate
prosecutor at the Department of Justice, Associate Deputy Attorney
General and just before the appointment to the court as Chief of
Staff and Counsel to U.S. Senator Arlen
Specter.
Since retiring, the judge has been even more active as a public
speaker and has authored or co-authored dozens of articles. His
articles have been featured in numerous publications, including the
New York Times, the Wall Street
Journal, Newsweek magazine, the Boston Sunday Globe, Fortune,
Thomson-Reuters, The Hill, Roll Call, Bloomberg Law, and the National Review. Judge
Michel also co-authored scholarly articles in various journals with
David J. Kappos, Matthew J. Dowd, and John T. Battaglia, including for the
University of California's Berkeley Law
School, the Drake University Law
School, and IPWatchdog. He has worked diligently to assist the
media, members of Congress, and other policymakers to better
understand intellectual property law, especially patent law. In
addition to testifying before Congress, he has submitted amicus
briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit.
In recognition of his expertise, he was named by Managing
Intellectual Property magazine as one of the 50 most influential
leaders in the world in patent law. He was inducted by Intellectual
Asset Management magazine into its international Hall of Fame.
Judge Michel was awarded the Jefferson Medal, Katz-Kiley Award, and
Eli Whitney Award. He was awarded
lifetime achievement recognition by many IP organizations,
including the American Intellectual Property Law Association,
Intellectual Property Owners Association, ABA-IP Section, Licensing
Executive Society, and the Sedona Conference. He received honorary
Doctor of Laws degrees from The Catholic University of America and John Marshall Law School.
Contact: Katherine Green,
516-825-5634, pr@continentalwhoswho.com
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