Background
Gilman, Ronald Lee was born on October 16, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Seymour and Rosalind (Kuzin) Gilman.
Gilman, Ronald Lee was born on October 16, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Seymour and Rosalind (Kuzin) Gilman.
Ronald Lee Gilman attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
He was nominated to the position by Bill Clinton on July 16, 1997 after the seat had been vacated by Herbert Theodore Milburn. On November 6, 1997, Gilman was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 98-1, with the lone senator voting against him being Lauch Faircloth. He received his commission on November 7.
He took senior status as of November 21, 2010.
In 1967, he obtained a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Gilman privately practiced law in Memphis and became a professor at the University of Memphis School of Law in 1980.
In 1988 he became an arbitrator and mediator at the American Arbitration Associate. In 1993, Gilman became an arbitrator and mediator at the National Association of Securities Dealers.
He was a referee at the Private Adduction Center from 1993 to 1997.
In American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided to vacate the District Court"s decision that the extrajudicial electronic intercepts of the National Security Agency, where one party is within the United States. and the other is outside, violated the law. The Court decided that the plaintiffs lacked standing.
Judge Ronald Gilman wrote a long dissent, in which he argued that the plaintiffs did have standing, and that the Terrorist Surveillance Program as originally implemented violated the FISA. Appeals judges Ronald Gilman, Gilbert Merritt, and Alan Norris unanimously reversed the decision of United States. District Judge Thomas B. Russell, who had ruled in August 1997 against Jefferson County officials, therefore allowing county fiscal judges to regulate adult businesses.
"The Extension of the Privilege to Libel Without Actual Malice," 3 Harvard Legal Commentary 169, 1966. "Medical Expert Testimony in Tennessee," 34 Tennessee Law Review, p. 572, 1967
"Non-Tax Aspects of Estate Planning," 2 Memphis State University Law Review 41, 1971.
"Annotated By-Laws for a Tennessee Corporation," Tennessee Bar Journal, May, 1975. "Agreements for Buying and Selling a Business," The Practical Lawyer, January, 1977. "Saving for College with a Clifford Trust," The Practical Lawyer, June, 1979.
"Tennessee Corporations," Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Company, 1980. The Holographic Codicil," Tennessee Bar Journal, August, 1982. "Dishonesty Alone Does Not Deck A Fidelity Insurer," Insurance Counsel Journal, October, 1984.
Tangible Evidence in Tennessee," Tennessee Bar Journal, May, 1986. "Planning for Disability," The Practical Lawyer, March, 1989. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Memphis State University Law School, since 1980.
Judge, Tennessee Court of the Judiciary, 1979- 1987. Member, Panel of Arbitrators (Commercial), American Arbitration Association.
Regional chairman educational county Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968-1988. Board directors Memphis Jewish Home, 1984-1987, Chickasaw county Boy Scouts American, since 1993. Member Leadership Memphis.
Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1990-1997), American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, American College Trust and Estate Counsel, Memphis Bar Association (president 1987), Tennessee Bar Association (speaker house of deals 1985-1987, president 1990-1991), 6th Circuit Judicial Conference (life), American Arbitration Association (member large, complex case panel 1993-1997).
Married Betsy Dunn, June 11, 1966. Children— Laura M., Sherry I.
