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.
No caucus 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