Earl Ben Gilliam (August 17, 1931 – January 28, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 18/year
California Southern District Court · 1980–2001
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Superior Court of California, County of San DiegoJudge · 1975–1980
- San Diego [California] Municipal CourtJudge · 1963–1975
- Private practice, San Diego, California1961–1963
- San Diego County, CaliforniaDeputy district attorney · 1957–1961
Appointments
1980–2001 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)J.D. · 1957
- San Diego State CollegeB.A. · 1953