Israel Packel
{{Short description|American attorney, jurist and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Israel Packel
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|12|28}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|07|01|1907|12|28}}
| office1 = Attorney General of Pennsylvania
| governor1 = Milton Shapp
| term_start1 = 1973
| term_end1 = 1974
| preceded1 = J. Shane Creamer
| succeeded1 = Robert P. Kane
| office2 = Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
| term_start2 = June 1, 1977
| term_end2 = December 26, 1977
| alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania
| party = Democratic{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/173385246/|title=Lewis: Monitor Voting|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|date=November 1, 1974|access-date=January 1, 2024|page=12|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
|children = Edward W. Packel
}}
Israel Packel (December 28, 1907 – July 1, 1987) was an American attorney, jurist and politician. He served as attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1974.{{Cite web|url=https://www.naag.org/attorneys-general/past-attorneys-general/pennsylvania-former-attorneys-general/|title=Pennsylvania Former Attorneys General|work=National Association of Attorneys General|access-date=January 1, 2024}}
Life and career
Packel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and served in the United States Navy during World War II.{{Citation|title=Pennsylvania State Manual|date=1976|publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Publications}}
Packel was a superior court judge.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-and-observer-versati/137860726/|title=Versatile Packel Fills In Again For Gov. Shapp|work=Warren Times-Mirror and Observer|location=Warren, Pennsylvania|date=January 5, 1973|access-date=January 1, 2024|page=16|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
Packel served as attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1974.
In 1977, Packel was appointed to serve as an associate justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.{{Citation|title=Pennsylvania Manual: Volume 107|date=1984}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9n9OAQAAIAAJ|title=Keystone of Justice: The Pennsylvania Superior Court|page=232|first1=Patrick R.|last1=Tamilia|first2=John J.|last2=Hare|publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the Pennsylvania Superior Court|date=2000|isbn=9780892710959|via=Google Books}}
Packel died on July 1, 1987,{{Citation|title=Temple Law Review: Volume 61|publisher=Temple University School of Law|date=1988}} at the age of 79.
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Category:Politicians from Philadelphia
Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century Pennsylvania state court judges
Category:Pennsylvania attorneys general
Category:20th-century Pennsylvania politicians
Category:Pennsylvania Democrats
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
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