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Haywood Gilliam, Jr.'s Biography

Contact Information

Office

Oakland Courthouse
1301 Clay Street, Courtroom 2, 4th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612

Full Name:

Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr.

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1969

Birth Place:

Marlborough, MA

JD, Stanford University Law School, 1991-1994

BA, History, Yale University, 1987-1991

No political experience information on file.

Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2014-present

Partner, Covington and Burling Limited Liability Partnership, 2009-2014

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, December 19, 2014

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, August 18, 2014

Partner, Bingham McCutchen Limited Liability Partnership, 2006-2009

Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 1999-2006

Chief, Securities Fraud Section, United States Attorney's Office Northern District of California, 2005-2006

Associate, Bingham McCutchen Limited Liability Partnership, 1993, 1995-1998

Law Clerk, Honorable Thelton E. Henderson, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 1994-1995

Associate, Farella, Braun & Martel, 1992

Intern, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, 1991

Member, California Minority Counsel Program

Member, Charles Houston Bar Association

Member, Independence of the Judiciary Committee, Bar Association of San Francisco

Member, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

Vice-Moderator, Plymouth United Church of Christ

Member/Membership Development Committee Member, Sequoyah Country Club

Member, Stanford Associates

Governance Committee Member, Vincent Academy/Partners in Oakland Education

Board Member, Wiley Manuel Law Foundation

Member, East Bay Community Law Center Advisory Board, 2012-2014

Co-Chair, Stanford Law School San Francisco Alumni Chapter, 2012-2014

Chair, Northern District of California Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, 2013

Board Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2009-2012

Member, Nominating Committee, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2010, 2012

Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, 2010-2012

President, Wiley Manuel Law Foundation, 2009-2012

Member, Judiciary Committee, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2007-2009

Lawyer Representative/Lawyer Representative Co-Chair, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2006-2009

Co-Editor, Section of Litigation Minority Trial Lawyer Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association, 2005-2008

Member, Northern District of California Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, 2006

Associate Member, Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court, 1996-1998

Member/Article Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1992-1994

Awards:

Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2013-2014

Benchmark Litigation, Future Star, 2013-2014

Northern California Super Lawyers, 2008-2013

San Francisco NAACP 1998 Thomas I. Atkins Civil Rights Award, 1998

United States Law Week award for outstanding service and unfailing commitment to the
Stanford Law Review, 1994

Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. Prize for outstanding work in first-year Legal Research and
Writing, Stanford Law School, 1992

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