About Justice Sarah Beth Landau
I served as a justice on the First Court of Appeals from 2019 to 2024. My legal career in Texas began with a federal clerkship with the Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore. From there, I joined the litigation section of Vinson & Elkins LLP, specializing in complex commercial litigation. Several years later, I became a Federal Public Defender and litigated indigent criminal appeals before the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. After eight years of appellate work, I turned to trial work at the Federal Public Defender’s office and won my first trial. I have had the honor of teaching Appellate Litigation at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Before taking the bench, I worked at the Harris County Public Defender’s Office.
