Ronald Lee Gilman (born October 16, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 40/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,340/year
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1997–2010
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
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee1967–1997
- University of Memphis School of LawProfessor · 1980–1997
- American Arbitration AssociationArbitrator/mediator · 1988–1997
- National Association of Securities DealersArbitrator/mediator · 1993–1997
- Private Adjudication CenterReferee · 1994–1997
Appointments
1997–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1967- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.B. · 1964