[4] In 1969, Landau's family settled in Portland, Oregon, where he attended another Benjamin Franklin High School, graduating in 1971.
[4] Following high school, he remained in Portland and attended Lewis & Clark College where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975.
[3] He passed the Oregon bar in 1982, and then entered private legal practice at Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler in Portland.
[2] In January 2010, Landau entered the race to replace W. Michael Gillette as a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
[2] He faced administrative law judge Allan Arlow in the May primary,[7] and Landau defeated him with 72% of the vote to win the seat on Oregon's highest court.