Prof. Herbert Landau studied jurisprudence science at the University of Giessen. In the course of his career, he worked as a judge in the Hessian judiciary service, as a senior public prosecutor, as a judge on the Federal Court of Justice and as a state secretary in the judiciary. Between 2005 and 2016 he was a judge on the Federal Constitutional Court. Since 2006 he has also been an honorary professor at Philipps-University of Marburg.

In the law firm Schleifenbaum & Adler, this experienced attorney acts as of-counsel inter alia in matters involving public and constitutional law. In addition, he provides support in conciliation and arbitration proceedings as well as mediations. He is himself an arbitrator and mediator in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Prof. Herbert Landau is the author of numerous publications on constitutional law, criminal law and civil service law. He is co-editor of Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht (NStZ).