Brent Landau is Executive Director of the Public Interest Law Center, a nonprofit that uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. Prior to joining the Law Center in February 2024, Brent was Global Managing Partner of Hausfeld, where he managed a law firm of over 170 attorneys and litigated class actions on behalf of victims of human rights violations, anticompetitive conduct, and other wrongs. He also teaches legal ethics as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Brent is a member of the Board of Advisors of Congregation Rodeph Shalom and previously served as its Treasurer and a member of its Board of Directors. 

Brent received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in History and Philosophy from the State University of New York at Binghamton.