Helen W. Gillmor

Helen W. Gillmor
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2009
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office October 11, 1994 – June 30, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	Leslie E. Kobayashi
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 73–74) Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Queens College, City University of New York (B.A.) Boston University School of Law (LL.B.)

Helen W. Gillmor (born 1942) is a United States federal judge.

Early life and education

Born in Syracuse, New York, Gillmor received a B.A. from Queens College, City University of New York in 1965, and an LL.B. from Boston University School of Law in 1968.

Career

Gillmor was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1968–1969, and in El Paso, Texas in 1969. She was a lecturer at the International Legal Center of the United States Agency for International Development, in Seoul, South Korea from 1969 to 1970, returning to private practice in Camden, Maine in 1970, and in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1971 to 1972, 1974 to 1977, and 1985 to 1994. She was a law clerk to William Richardson, Chief Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court in 1972, a deputy public defender of the Honolulu Office of the Public Defender from 1972 to 1974, and a lecturer at the University of Hawaii in 1975.

Judicial service

Gillmor was a district court judge of the Hawaii State Family Court, First Circuit from 1977 to 1983, and of the District Court of Hawaii for the same circuit from 1983 to 1985.

On August 25, 1994, Gillmor was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received her commission on October 11, 1994. She became chief judge in 2005. She assumed senior status on June 30, 2009.

Sources

• Helen W. Gillmor at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.