Background
Dobie, Armistead Mason was born on April 15, 1881 in at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Augustus and Margaret Kearns (Cooke) Dobie.
Dobie, Armistead Mason was born on April 15, 1881 in at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Augustus and Margaret Kearns (Cooke) Dobie.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 1901, Master of Arts, 1902, Bachelor of Laws, 1904. Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, Harvard Law School, 1922.
Began career with law practice in Saint Louis, 1904-1907. Adjunct professor of law, University of Virginia, 1907, professor of law, 1909-1939, dean, 1932-1939. Lecturer, summer law schools, Cornell, 1924, University of Michigan, 1929, University of North Carolina and University of Chicago, 1930, University of Kansas, 1931.
Appointed United States District Judge, Western District of Virginia, June 2, 1939.
United States circuit judge, 4th Circuit, December 19, 1939. Executive director University of Virginia Centennial Endowment Fund, 1920-1921.
Legal adviser Conflict of Laws Section of America Law Institute. Member Supreme Court of the United States Court’s Advisory Committee to draft rules of procedure in lower federal courts.
Special assistant to attorney general of the United States since 1935.
Commissioned captain United States.R., infantry section, and aide to Major General Cronkhite, Camp Lee, Virginia, 1917. Major, General Staff, 1919. Chief of intelligence publications section, General Headquarters American Expeditionary Force.
Assistant chief of staff, G 2, 80th Division.
Honorary discharge June 5, 1919.
Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Virginia Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association (honorary life. Clubs: Colonade (University, Virginia).
Married Elizabeth McKenny, July 16, 1958.