Douglas S. Gilliland, Esq.: Mr. Gilliland received his BA in English from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington in 1985. He attended the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Oregon where he served on the Oregon Law Review. Mr. Gilliland received his law degree from the University of Oregon in 1990. Mr. Gilliland then received a Master of Laws degree from the University and San Diego School of Law in 1991.

Mr. Gilliland was admitted to practice law before all courts of the state of California in 1991. He was admitted to practice law in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in December 1991, the Eastern District of California in June 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in September 2001, the United States Supreme Court in May 2002, and the United District Court for the Central District of California in January 2009. Mr. Gilliland was granted permission to practice law, pro hac vice, in the Eastern District of Louisiana for purposes of the Vioxx mass tort litigation, and the Southern District of New York in Manhattan regarding online gaming.

Mr. Gilliland was an invited speaker on Civil Rights at the USC Gould School of Law, and has been a guest speaker on ethics and oral advocacy for several years at the California Western School of Law and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Mr. Gilliland has several published court of appeal decisions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Three (Los Angeles), Fourth District, Division One (San Diego), and Fourth District, Division Three (Santa Ana). These decisions are reported at People v. Siam, ___ Cal.App.5th ___, 325 Cal.Rptr.3d 688 (Jan. 26, 2026); Williamson v. National City, 23 F.4th 1146 (9th Cir. 2022), rehearing en banc denied, 20-55966 (9th Cir. March 11, 2022); Duffens v. Valenti International (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 434; Lee v. FBI, 363 F.3d 931 (9th Cir. 2004), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 1214 (2005); Butler v. San Diego District Attorneys, 370 F.3d 956 (9th Cir. 2004); Leonte v. ACS State and Local Solutions, Inc. (2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 521; Norris v. Borg-Warner Protective Services, unpublished opinion by the Court of Appeal, review denied by the California Supreme Court, Feb. 24, 1999.

Personal: Mr. Gilliland is married to legal malpractice attorney Aisling Sokitch-Gilliland. They have three children: Nicole is an attorney with Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd’s San Diego office, Hannah is in Sales Operations at Blooma, Inc. in Encinitas, California, and Ronan is the Senior Relationship Manager at C3 Bank in Encinitas. Mr. Gilliland enjoys time with his family, cooking, and running. He completed 10 consecutive Boston Marathons (2005-2014), the San Diego Marathon, and the Los Angeles Marathon.