Brent Llanos

Brent Llanos represents businesses and individuals throughout all phases of civil litigation. His practice focuses on toxic tort and related claims.

Prior to joining Wilson Elser, Brent worked at a state agency in California where he honed his writing and advocacy skills drafting pleadings, discovery documents, conducting and defending depositions, and serving as second chair in a bench trial.

Before entering law school, Brent earned a master’s degree in environmental planning and management from Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering. He served as an intern with the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service, conducting various environmental surveys.

During law school, Brent participated in the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) clinic, where he gained substantial insight into the workings of jury trials, the appeals process, and using social media/publicity for the client’s benefit. As part of the law school’s International Business and Japanese IP summer abroad program, Brent earned a High-Tech Law Certificate with a specialization in international business and interned at an international firm. In that role, Brent assisted in the liquidation phase of a large international Silicon Valley tech corporation acquisition of a Dubai company, as well as researching employment visas in Japan, Australia and the United States, and drafting memorandums regarding U.S. - Japan transfer pricing and the Japanese consumption tax for clients interested in incorporating subsidiaries in Japan. Brent’s diverse experiences also include discussing legal ethics with various attorneys as a Pupil in the Judge William Ingram Inn of Court and working for a national health plan insurance company throughout law school, acquiring extensive experience related to compliance, grievances, and appeals in the health care industry. 

Prior to commencing his undergraduate studies in biology at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Brent participated in a summer research program with the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, where he assisted in isolating the promoter region of the luciferase gene (an enzyme that produces bioluminescence in fireflies, glow worms and other bioluminescent organisms).