Background
Packel, Israel was born on December 28, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hyman and Anna (Prevorotsky) Packel.
Packel, Israel was born on December 28, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hyman and Anna (Prevorotsky) Packel.
Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1929; Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1932; Master of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1933.
Attorney, NRA, 1935; attorney, Rural Electrification Administration, 1935-1937; state rationing attorney, Philadelphia, 1942-1943; member firm, Speiser, Satinsky, Gilliland & Packel, Philadelphia, 1946-1960; member firm, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, 1960-1970, 78-85; attorney general State of, Pennsylvania, 1973-1975; counsel to, Pennsylvania Governor, 1971; judge, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1972; judge, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1977; visiting professor, Temple Law School, 1975-1987.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1945. Member American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Federal bar associations, American Law Institute, Order of Coif. Clubs: Social-Legal.
Married Reba Wesler, June 30, 1935. Children— John, Edward, Richard.