Helen W. Gillmor
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Helen W. Gillmor is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. She earned a law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1942 · age 84
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Queens College, City of New York 1965 · Boston Law 1968
- Succeeded by
- Leslie Emi Kobayashi
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | District of Hawaii | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gillmor was assigned 3,648 district-court cases (1989–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 3,564 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 146 of Gillmor’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 122 were affirmed, 13 reversed or vacated, and 11 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Gillmor authored 39 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Mesa Air Group, Inc. (30 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Mesa Air Group, Inc. | 355 B.R. 214 | 30 |
| 2000 | Miracle v. N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc. | 87 F. Supp. 2d 1060 | 19 |
| 1995 | Belgard v. State of Hawaii | 883 F. Supp. 510 | 17 |
| 2002 | Brown Jordan International, Inc. v. Mind's Eye Interiors, Inc. | 236 F. Supp. 2d 1152 | 13 |
| 2004 | Reliance Insurance v. Doctors Co. | 299 F. Supp. 2d 1131 | 12 |
| 2009 | Young Choi Inc. v. United States | 639 F. Supp. 2d 1169 | 11 |
| 2008 | Young v. Hawaii | 548 F. Supp. 2d 1151 | 10 |
| 2000 | Thorp v. Kepoo | 100 F. Supp. 2d 1258 | 10 |
| 2008 | United States v. Abregana | 574 F. Supp. 2d 1123 | 9 |
| 2011 | Davis v. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL LTD. | 810 F. Supp. 2d 1145 | 7 |
| 2005 | Maloon v. Schwartz, Zweban & Slingbaum, L.L.P. | 399 F. Supp. 2d 1108 | 6 |
| 2003 | Contract Management, Inc. v. Rumsfeld | 291 F. Supp. 2d 1166 | 6 |
| 2008 | United States v. Cowan | 535 F. Supp. 2d 1135 | 5 |
| 2007 | Samonte v. Frank | 517 F. Supp. 2d 1238 | 5 |
| 2009 | Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (In Re Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.) | 411 B.R. 678 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 39 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Helen W. Gillmor?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Helen W. Gillmor to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1994.
- Was Helen W. Gillmor appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Helen W. Gillmor was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Helen W. Gillmor's confirmation vote?
- Helen W. Gillmor was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Helen W. Gillmor on?
- Helen W. Gillmor is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).