Earl Ben Gilliam

Personal

Birthday: 
8/17/1931
Birthplace: 
Clovis, NM
Date of Death: 
1/28/2001
Race or Ethnicity: 
African American
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Deputy district attorney, San Diego County, California, 1957-1961
Private practice, San Diego, California, 1961-1963
Judge, San Diego [California] Municipal Court, 1963-1975
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1975-1980

Education

Name of School: 
San Diego State College
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1953
Name of School - Second: 

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

University of California Hastings College of the Law is a public, coeducational, full-time law school in downtown San Francisco. We are one of the top-rated law schools in the United States. Hastings was founded in 1878 as the first law department of the University of California and is one of the most exciting and vibrant legal education centers in the nation. Our faculty are nationally renowned as both teachers and scholars.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1957

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of California
Court Name: 

California Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
8/20/1980
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/2/1993
Termination Date: 
1/28/2001
Termination Reason: 
Death