Thomas J. Michie

Thomas Johnson Michie (June 7, 1896 - April 9, 1973) was a Virginia lawyer and federal judge.

Michie was the son and nephew of the founders of The Michie Company, a lawbook publisher based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Michie attended the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Law School, receiving an A.B. degree in 1917, an A.M. in 1920, and an LL.B. in 1921. He served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919.

He worked as an in-house counsel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1921 to 1942, then rejoined the army for the years 1942 to 1946, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Air Corps.

Michie engaged in the private practice of law in Charlottesville, Virginia from 1946 to 1961. The law firm he founded continues in existence. In those same years he lectured at the University of Virginia Law School. He was mayor of Charlottesville from 1957 to 1960. As mayor, Michie counseled the white citizens of Charlottesville to accept desegregation "as good citizens should." Michie was "a strong, strong leader in trying to work out an acceptable pattern of integration."

Michie was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on May 11, 1961, to a seat vacated by Roby C. Thompson, on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The United States Senate confirmed his nomination on June 27, 1961. Michie was the third Charlottesville area lawyer to sit on that court, preceded by Alexander Rives and Armistead Mason Dobie.

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