He returned to private practice in Charlottesville from 1946 to 1961, also serving as a Lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law during the same period.
[2] On November 6, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson certified Michie involuntarily as disabled in accordance with the act of September 2, 1957, 71 Stat.
[8] Michie remained in active status and continued to render a reduced level of service.
[8] In 1963, Michie began the tradition of conducting naturalization ceremonies at Monticello on Independence Day.
[9] Michie was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, owner of Monticello.
[10] Along with his colleagues, including Judges Ted Dalton and John Paul, Michie implemented the decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education in Western Virginia.