Speaker Bio

Gary Graber

Town Justice, Town of Darien and Past President

New York State Magistrates Association

Justice Gary A. Graber has served as the town justice for the Town of Darien, New York, since January 1980. He is a past member of the Town and Village Court Education Curriculum Committee and has taught criminal and administrative courses for the New York State Judicial Institute and the New York State Office of Court Administration.

Justice Graber continues to be very active in the development and training of topics relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial motor vehicles, including the development of sentencing charts which assist the New York courts in properly disposing cases that involve commercial motor vehicle equipment violations. As an alumnus and faculty member of the National Judicial College since 2008 he continually instructs judicial personnel both in their home states and virtually on all matters related to the commercial driver's license.

Several years ago he was appointed by the Hon. Gail Prudenti, Chief Administrative Judge for the State of New York to sit as a member of the New York State Advisory Committee on Local Courts and is also an honorary member of the New York State Magistrates Court Clerks Association. He is a past president of the Genesee County Magistrates Association and has been a member of the New York State Magistrates Association for over 41 years, serving as a past president, vice president and director in that association.

He has received many awards, including the Leadership Award from the Genesee County Magistrates, the 2005 Magistrate of the Year Award, the 2006 Criminal Justice Award from Genesee County Alcohol and Substance Abuse, the 2006 Leadership Genesee Outstanding Alumnus Award and the2013 Kevin E. Quinlan Award for Excellence in Traffic Safety.