Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large and In-House Counsel at Breitbart News in Los Angeles, California, and also Editor of Breitbart California. Prior to working alongside conservative media pioneer Andrew Breitbart, he was a Tea Party-backed Republican candidate for Congress in his home state of Illinois, and a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute, focusing on human rights and international law. He also worked in South Africa as speechwriter for Leader of the Opposition Tony Leon, and as a freelance journalist for a variety of local and international publications. He holds law and bachelor's degrees from Harvard University, and a masters degree from the University of Cape Town. He has published several books, and is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. He hosts Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot 125. He lives with his wife Julia, daughter Maya, son Alexander, and daughter Amira in Pacific Palisades, California.
