Glen T. Bruening, Of Counsel

Education:  University at Albany (B.A. 1986, Biology; History)
Albany Law School of Union University (J.D. 1989)

Practice Areas: Municipal Law, Environmental Law, Real Property Law and General Litigation

Profile: Glen joined MILLER, MANNIX, SCHACHNER & HAFNER in 2024.

He was admitted to practice in New York in 1990.

Glen recently retired from State service after 13 years as a Judge of the New York State Court of Claims. Glen was first nominated to that position by Governor David Paterson and confirmed by the New York State Senate in 2010, after more than 21 years of legal service for the State of New York. In 2015, he began serving as a full-time Acting Supreme Court Justice in Essex, Warren and Washington Counties, and was reappointed to a new 10-year term by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2018. Glen previously served as a Deputy Secretary to Governor George Pataki; as an Assistant Counsel to Governors George Pataki, David Paterson, and Andrew Cuomo; as General Counsel to the NYS Department of State and NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; and as Senior Attorney, Deputy Counsel, New York City Watershed Coordinator, and Deputy Commissioner for the NYS

Department of Environmental Conservation. Glen graduated from Lake George High School, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from SUNY Albany, and a JD from Albany Law School. A resident of Warren County, Glen is a member of the Warren County Bar Association where he currently serves as Treasurer and as Chair of the High School Mock Trial Committee.