Michelle C. Thomas, Esq. is a veteran trial lawyer and the founder of M.C. Thomas & Associates, PC, a premier divorce and family law firm serving Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland. Michelle has been repeatedly recognized as a Top Rated Family Lawyer in Washington D.C. and Maryland by SuperLawyers, and recently named a Top Attorney in Divorce by Bethesda Magazine. She has spent her career handling complex divorce litigation, contested custody cases high net worth divorce, and celebrity divorce.
Michelle appears frequently on national and local television news media outlets as a legal and political analyst, including weekly appearances on Court TV and NewsNation, and repeat appearances on Fox 5 DC, BBC World News, CNN Max, TV One, Scripps News, CBS Local in 14 major cities, NBC/ABC local news affiliates, and Black News Channel (BNC). Michelle appears regularly radio shows as a legal expert including appearances on WTOP News Talk Radio, The Daily Drum Show (WHUR/SiriusXM 141), Law Talk with Ethel Mitchell (WOL/Radio One), the Jeff Fox Show (nationally syndicated radio), the Michael Baisden Show, News One Now with Roland Martin (WOL/Radio One), The Audrey Chapman Show (WHUR), and in print media including the Washington Times, Washington Examiner, ESSENCE magazine and more where she provides insight on a wide-range of legal issues. Michelle has been a featured speaker on trial practice, business management and divorce and family law for the American Bar Association, National Bar Association, DC Bar, other local bar associations and the Montgomery County Commission for Women, as well as a guest lecturer at The George Washington University Law School, Howard University and Morgan State University.
Michelle has been an active leader in her profession, having been elected to the D.C. Bar Board of Governors, appointed chair of the Practice Management Service Committee of the D.C. Bar, and elected president of the National Bar Association's Division for Young Lawyers. She served on the Nominations Committee of the D.C. Bar and the Board of the Women’s Bar Association of D.C. Foundation, as well as President of GWAC, the National Bar Association's Women Lawyer's Division's D.C. Chapter, and served as an Alternate Hearing Committee Member for the D.C. Bar Board on Professional Responsibility for six years. She also regularly conducts mock interviews for law students seeking summer clerkships via the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, Montgomery County Committee.
Michelle has been the recipient of several awards and recognitions, including the Trailblazer Award by GWAC, the Outstanding Alumni of the Year from Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer by the National Bar Association, a Top 100 Lawyer by the National Black Lawyers, Young Lawyer of the Year by the Bar Association of D.C., 10 Best Client Satisfaction Family Lawyer in Maryland by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, and repeatedly rated by SuperLawyers as a Top-rated Family Lawyer in Maryland (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022) and Washington, DC, (2019) and most recently named a Top Attorney by Bethesda Magazine.
Michelle graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The George Washington University Law School. Michelle enjoys mentoring aspiring and young lawyers, volunteering at Shepherd’s Table and serving at her local church. For current information on divorce and family law, follow the firm on Instagram, Facebook and X and BluSky @DCDivorce.
