Daniel M. Gluck

Professional career

• Associate Judge since taking the oath of office on April 16, 2026, and will serve a ten-year term
• Associate Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA), sworn in on April 16, 2026, and confirmed by the Hawaii State Senate for a 10‐year term
• I am confident that he will serve the people of Hawaiʻi honorably and thoughtfully as an Associate Judge.” Gluck has served as a Deputy Corporation Counsel with the City and County of Honolulu for the last four years and was named the City’s “Outstanding Deputy Corporation Counsel” in 2025
• Law clerk to Hawaii Supreme Court Associate Justice James E. Duffy Jr. (ret.) and U.S. District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright
• A graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School, Gluck previously served as Executive Director and General Counsel of the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission, the Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i and an attorney in private practice
• Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Gluck served as a Deputy Corporation Counsel with the City & County of Honolulu, Executive Director and General Counsel of the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission, Senior Staff Attorney and later Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi, and an associate with Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
• Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Gluck served as a Deputy Corporation Counsel with the City & County of Honolulu; as the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission; as Senior Staff Attorney and then Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawaiʻi; and as an associate with Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing

Education

Additional information

• Appointed by Governor Josh Green to fill a vacancy created when former Associate Judge Karen T. Nakasone became Chief Judge in July 2025