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Helen W. Gillmor | |
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 Gillmor in 2013 | |
| Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2009 | |
| Chief Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
| Preceded by | David Alan Ezra |
| Succeeded by | Susan Oki Mollway |
| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
| In office October 11, 1994 – June 30, 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Succeeded by | Leslie E. Kobayashi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Helen Patricia Willey 1942 (age 82–83) Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Queens College, City University of New York (BA) Boston University School of Law (LLB) |
Helen Patricia Willey Gillmor (born in 1942)[1] is aseniorUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Born inSyracuse,New York, Gillmor received aBachelor of Arts degree fromQueens College, City University of New York in 1965, and aBachelor of Laws fromBoston University School of Law in 1968.
Gillmor was in private practice inBoston,Massachusetts from 1968 to 1969, and inEl Paso,Texas in 1969. She was a lecturer at the International Legal Center of theUnited States Agency for International Development, inSeoul,South Korea from 1969 to 1970, returning to private practice inCamden,Maine in 1970, and inHonolulu,Hawaii from 1971 to 1972, 1974 to 1977, and 1985 to 1994. She was alaw clerk toWilliam S. Richardson, Chief Justice of theHawaii 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 theUniversity of Hawaii in 1975. She was a district court judge of theHawaii State Family Court, First Circuit from 1977 to 1983, and of theDistrict Court of Hawaii for the same circuit from 1983 to 1985.
On August 25, 1994, Gillmor was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton to a new seat on theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by theUnited 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.
In November 2012, Gillmor found that Hawaii'slicensing requirement toopenly carry firearms did not violate theSecond Amendment to the United States Constitution.[2] Her judgment was then reversed by a divided panel of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in July 2018.[3] The ruling was re-heard en banc by the 9th Circuit and Judge Gillmor's decision was affirmed in March 2021.[4][5]
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| Preceded by Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii 1994–2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chief Judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii 2005–2009 | Succeeded by |