James Michael

James Harry Michael, Jr. (1918-2005) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.^[1]

Michael was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 9, 1980, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1995, and served in that capacity until his death on August 29, 2005.^[1] Michael was succeeded in this position by James Jones.

Early life and education

• University of Virginia, B.S., 1940
• University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1942^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Navy Lieutenant, 1942-1946
• Private practice, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1946-1980
• U.S. Naval Reserve Commander, 1948-1969
• Lecturer, University of Virginia, 1948-1953
• Judge, Charlottesville Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Virginia, 1954-1967
• Special Master in Patent Cases, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1960-1970
• Member, Virginia State Senate, 1968-1980^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Virginia

Michael was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 9, 1980, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1995, and served in that capacity until his death on August 29, 2005.^[1] Michael was succeeded in this position by James Jones.

External links

• Judge Michael's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Active judges	Chief Judge: Elizabeth K. Dillon   •  Robert Ballou  •  Thomas Cullen (Virginia)  •  Jasmine Yoon
Senior judges	James Jones (Virginia)  •  Norman Moon  •  Michael Urbanski  •
Magistrate judges	Pamela Sargent  •  Joel C. Hoppe  •
Former Article III judges	John George Jackson  •  Alexander Caldwell  •  Philip Clayton Pendleton  •  Isaac Samuels Pennybacker  •  John White Brockenbrough  •  John Jay Jackson  •  Alexander Rives  •  John Paul  •  Henry Clay McDowell  •  James Turk  •  Jackson Kiser  •  Samuel Wilson  •  Glen Conrad  •  John Paul, Jr.  •  Armistead Dobie  •  Floyd Roberts  •  Alfred Barksdale  •  Ted Dalton  •  James Michael  •  Thomas Michie  •  Roby Thompson  •  Hiram Widener  •  Glen Williams (Virginia)  •
Former Chief judges	James Jones (Virginia)  •  James Turk  •  Jackson Kiser  •  Samuel Wilson  •  John Paul, Jr.  •  Ted Dalton  •  Roby Thompson  •  Hiram Widener  •  Michael Urbanski  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron
1978	Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler
1979	Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams
1981	Heen