Jack Landau

Jack L. Landau (born 1953) is an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. A native of Colorado, he worked in private legal practice in Oregon before he joined the Oregon Department of Justice. He served on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1993 to 2011, and on the Oregon Supreme Court from 2011 to 2017.

Early life and education Jack Landau was born in 1953 in Colorado. His family moved several times while he was growing up, and he attended high school first in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, at Eastern Regional High School from 1967 to 1968 followed by Benjamin Franklin High School in Los Angeles, California, for the next school year. In 1969, Landau's family settled in Portland, Oregon, where he attended another Benjamin Franklin High School, graduating in 1971. Beginning in 1993, he also started teaching legislation as an adjunct professor at Willamette University College of Law. and Landau defeated him with 72% of the vote to win the seat on Oregon's highest court. Landau took office on January 3, 2011, as the one-hundredth person to serve on the court since it was formed when the Oregon Territory was organized.

Landau announced in September 2017 that he would retire from the Oregon Supreme Court in December 2017. Governor Kate Brown appointed Adrienne Nelson to replace Landau in January 2018.