Martin Blane Michael (February 17, 1943 – March 25, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
M. Blane Michael
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1943 in Charleston, SC
Died 2011 in Charleston, WV
FJC ID: 1632
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 238/year
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1993–2011
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia1981–1993
- Gov. John D. Rockefeller IV, West VirginiaCounsel · 1977–1980
Law clerk , Hon. Robert Maxwell · 1975–1976- Private practice, Petersburg, West Virginia1973–1975
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1971–1972
Special assistant U.S. attorney · 1972- Private practice, New York City1968–1971
Appointments
1993–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1968- West Virginia UniversityA.B. · 1965