Nov 27, 2017
Judge David Glickler
Hays County Veterans Treatment Court

Judge Glickler is a 1990 graduate of Rutgers University and a 1993 graduate of the Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, where he clerked for a Dallas law firm, Burleson, Pate and Gibson. While there, Judge Glickler assisted in numerous jury trials and was also active in SMU's criminal clinic, where he represented indigent defendants in county courts at law.

After graduating, Judge Glickler worked as a law clerk at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for sixteen months.  Following the clerkship, Judge Glickler joined the Williamson County Attorney's Office as an Assistant County Attorney. His primary responsibilities were misdemeanor prosecution and juvenile cases. During his six years working for County Attorney Eugene D. Taylor, Judge Glickler took and passed the Criminal Law Specialization Exam, and has maintained his status as a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist since 1999.

In March of 2001, Judge Glickler was hired by then-Attorney General John Cornyn into the Special Crimes Division as a special prosecutor. Judge Glickler has handled hundreds of cases across the State of Texas, appearing in over 100 District Courtrooms, seeking justice on behalf of all citizens of the State of Texas. In 2007, under Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Judge Glickler was promoted to the position of Deputy Division Chief of the White Collar Crime and Public Integrity Section, supervising as many as seven attorneys, and specializing in prosecuting public officials for crimes committed in violation of their office.

Judge Glickler was elected Judge of Hays County Court-at-Law No. 2 in November, 2014, and took office in January, 2015, where he has presided over the Hays County Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) since taking office.  Judge Glickler conducted the first graduation of veterans from the VTC in September of 2015.  Currently, there are approximately 25 veterans on the VTC docket, and over 40 Veterans have successfully completed the VTC program.