Gary Stuart Glazer is a retired American judge who served for 30 years in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, part of Pennsylvania's First Judicial District.
[5][13] Glazer worked to implement ethical reforms, and in 2013 testified in Pennsylvania's legislature in support of changes in the law that would reshape and transform the Traffic Court.
[6][15] In all, Glazer served ten years as administrative leader of Philadelphia's traffic tribunals.
[17] In 2018, under Glazer's initiative, the Taxicab Medallion Loan Program was created as part of the Commerce Court.
Lenders were going to court seeking judgments on unpaid loans and seizure of the medallions for sale at auction.
[18][19] In 2020, during the COVID-19 crisis, Glazer led the effort in creating the Temporary Financial Monitor Program.
This program was an effort to address the financial crises among small businesses unable to generate sufficient income to meet their debt obligations.
[22][23] A few of Glazer's notable cases as a judge include: a suit challenging Philadelphia's soda tax,[24] matters involving the 2020 U.S. presidential elections,[25][26] and a wide range of matters involving insurance coverage and the disclosure of factual details in connection with the Pennsylvania State University Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal.
[30] He worked at private law firms in Chicago, Illinois and Philadelphia, and was an Assistant United States Attorney in Philadelphia for over 10 years, serving as chief of its Fraud Section, including prosecutions for judicial corruption as well as complex frauds.
[30][31] Glazer is an adjunct instructor at Villanova University's School of Law (trial practice), and has lectured internationally in France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Belarus.