In Memoriam: Glenn Keiji Iwasaki

• Year: 2025
• Citation: Vol. 38 No. 1 Pg. 18
• Pages: 18
• Date: 01 January 2025

In Memoriam: Glenn Keiji IwasakiNo. Vol. 38 No. 1 Pg. 18Utah Bar JournalJanuary, 2025

In Memoriam: Glenn Keiji Iwasaki

by Bill Bohling, Tyrone Medley, Bob Yeates, and Jennifer Yim

The Utah State Bar lost a beloved and valued member of its community with the passing of Judge Iwasaki on November 6, 2024. Glenn was an active member of the bar since passing the bar examination in 1971.

Glenn was born and raised in Salt Lake City. He grew up in the Capitol Hill neighborhood where he enjoyed a stable and loving home environment provided by his parents and older brother and sister. Glenn was educated in the public school system, graduating from West High School in 1964. He was actively involved in student government and played as a running back for the West High School Panthers football team.

Glenn graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing in 1968. He then went on to pursue a law degree at the University of Utah College of Law, graduating in 1971.

During the course of his legal career, Judge Iwasaki engaged in the private practice of law as a solo practitioner for multiple years, specializing in criminal defense work. He was employed by the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association as a felony trial attorney and served two separate stints with the Salt...