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Glyn is the founder of Hotz Lawyers. Glyn received his LL.B. from the University of Windsor in 1996, his JD from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1996, and was called to the Bar in 1998.

His practice has primarily been in class actions. He articled with the late Honourable Justice Edward W. Ducharme of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and for Harvey T. Strosberg.

He has started and worked on a number of class actions that have settled, including the earliest privacy breach class action against Sony BMG in relation to its XCP spyware installed on a rootkit on CD’s when users installed the software; the Air France flight 358 runway overrun; Seven Oaks Home for the Aged where 23 people died of Legionnaire’s Disease; Depo-Provera involving bone mineral density loss in young women who received the shot; Harvey’s Restaurant E. Coli outbreak; Maple Leaf Foods Listeriosis outbreak; Capital One privacy breach in 2019; and numerous other privacy breach files.

Glyn is currently co-counsel on the 2.5 billion dollar class action against the federal government for anti-Black racism and discrimination suffered by Black federal public service employees.

In addition to class actions, Glyn has pursued an interest in Philosophy and health law, including completing a PhD in Theories of Justice in Health Care at York University in 1998. He is also writes on AI and completed a Google Impact Challenge Proposal in 2018, and will be participating in an AI conference this year to read a paper on AI and its potential role in combating climate change. He has participated frequently in conferences, including the World-wide Wind Energy Conference, and worked with law firms in Europe to bring wind farm development to Canada.

He is a member of a number of social justice and other organizations, including BLAC (Black Legal Action Centre), the Canadian Philosophical Association, the National Black Law Students Association, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

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