Landau Injury Law

Herndon Virginia car crash lawyer Doug Landau, seen here after another successful DC case for a disabled client, hopes that the ignition interlock for convicted drunk drivers will prevent needless harm and heartache

Having seen the devastation and death caused by those who choose to drive under the influence, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is always looking for solutions to this behavior.  Roadblocks, “Designated Drivers,” bar breath testers and dram shop actions are some of the tools used to reduce and eliminate needless harm.  The ignition interlock system for convicted drunk drivers in Virginia is an idea whose time has come. While some contend that it is simply a windfall Read the rest of this entry »

Herndon Virginia lawyer Doug Landau takes special care when hand delivering important legal papers, like workers compensation settlements, even if he does not dress like a fancy attorney !

There are bike messengers, motorcycle delivery and courier car services, but Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau took “hand carried” to a new level this week.  Anxious to finalize a workers compensation settlement for a client, lawyer Landau drove to Washington, D.C. to hand deliver the paperwork to insurance defense counsel after the injured worker had read and signed the documents at the Landau Law Shop in Herndon, Virginia.  Landau had his daughter wait in the car while he ran up to opposing counsel’s office.  When he was stopped at the reception desk, and asked his business, Landau replied, “On Foot Legal Delivery – At Your Service !”  The receptionist told the Triathlon Trial Lawyer that opposing counsel was not dressed formally, and Landau responded that neither was he !

The papers got signed and filed that same day with the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission for a young woman who was injured at Dulles Airport.  Landau then ran down to the car, and he and his youngest daughter then ran in the Monthly “Tidal Basin Run”, which is now held out on Hains Point, and is actually 3 races – a 3km. (about 2 miles), a 1,500M and a 5 km. (3.1 miles).  The Landaus ran in the 2 mile race (his daughter was 2nd woman, while her dad was 4th male), showered, and then this active attorney then went on to his other appointments.  Some of the best lawyers in the country tease Landau and tell him he gives new meaning to “walking the walk” !  The thankful client wrote:

This note is to extend my deepest gratitude to you both and thank you for everything you’ve done for me thus far. Mr. Landau I can’t thank you enough for rushing my settlement papers over to DC the other day.

Spring has sprung early at the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, where the trees around the office are looking their best. Clients have enjoyed sitting with Virginia injury lawyer Doug Landau outside on the porch swing and rocking chairs!

The Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU received notice that Doug Landau was recognized as a 2012 “LEGAL ELITE.”  This recognition for the “Most Respected Attorneys in the Commonwealth” of Virginia will be published in next month’s Virginia Living.  Landau, who has been recognized by “Super Lawyers”(for both Virginia and Washington, D.C.), Martindale Hubbell A-V rated and as One of “The Best Lawyers in America,” and as a “Legal Eagle” by American Registry.  However, the big question is whether these accolades meant hat lawyer Landau will get a raise in allowance.  We’ll have to see what Mrs. Landau does in light of all these honors heaped upon her husband.  The Las Vegas line indicates that the Herndon personal injury lawyer’s “Honey Do” list will not get any shorter, and that winning cases, races and getting recognition will not get him very far on the home front !

Clients and staff at the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. have suffered the debilitating effects of migraine headaches, here are some helpful options

With clients and staff sometimes suffering from migraines, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is always on the lookout for cures, solutions and strategies to help.  Seeing others disabled by migraine headaches is frustrating.  However, an article in USA Weekend had some good ideas.  They are set forth below; please let us know if they work for you.  When people describe a migraine as though they have a nail being driven through their skull, Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes the best reward is happy clients, such as these shown in front of the DC Social Security Disability Hearing office

When clients get winning Social Security Disability decisions in the mail, they are happy.  When they get additional money for themselves, their children or other loved ones, they call to thank us once again.  The Landau Law Shop received a copy of a letter from the Federal Government this month that was sent to a client for whom Doug Landau, of the Herndon Virginia law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, had won a disability case.  The letter from the Baltimore Maryland “Office of Central Operations” for Retirement, Survivors and Disability Insurance had good news for this young Purcellville Virginia woman.  Social Security wrote to tell Landau’s client that she “will soon receive a check for $3,401.50 because we are sending you money which we did not have to use to pay an attorney fee.”  That is because Mr. Landau’s fees are CONTINGENT, which means he is NOT PAID unless he wins the case.

In Social Security Disability Income cases, fees are Read the rest of this entry »

At the VTLA Advanced Workers Compensation Law Retreat, some of the best Virginia workers comp lawyers presented Allison Love with roses to mark her retirement. VTLA members Andrew Reinhardt (Richmond, VA) & Doug Landau (Herndon, VA) flank Ms. Love

Alison G. Love, the Director, Education and Meeting Services for the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (“VTLA”) has retired after many years of service to VTLA.  My long time friend, whom I could count on at Conventions, Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) programs and whenever I would visit the VTLA headquarters in Richmond, was always quick with a smile; my “marching order” when I was to be a speaker, panelist or presenter; and a kind word for everyone.  Even though she dealt daily with trial lawyers, many of whom are egotistical professional complainers, she never lost her cool.  And the best lawyers in Virginia all knew her, respected her and enjoyed her company.  I will miss her very much, as her tenure was one of expert organization and excellent attendance.

Virginia injury lawyers Brenda Page and Doug Landau want injured and disabled clients and their families to understand their surgical options and ask questions of doctors and other medical specialists

Free information to help make informed medical decisions is a good thing.  Even if your treating doctors are not at any of the INOVA Hospitals, if you are in the Lorton Virginia area, the upcoming free community seminar may be a wise investment of your and your family’s time. You and your family can ask the joint replacement experts of the INOVA Joint Replacement Center (“IJRC”) about relief from arthritis, repair of damaged bones and painful inactivity. Surgical joint replacement, with minimally invasive techniques may be the solution to your disability, pain and osteoarthritis. Advances in orthopedic hip replacement surgery including anterior hip replacement and minimally invasive techniques, knee replacement options such as mini-incision knee replacement, gender knee, partial knee replacement and customized patient specific Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes I regale clients with stories from my grandparents.  Other times I use examples from my own life to explain some complex legal issue.  Coming across the following, I realize that much of what I learned, I learned in kindergarten.  The book with this title encapsulates the rules we should all live by.  “All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school. These are the things I learned:

Share everything.
Play fair.
Don’t hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Read the rest of this entry »

Always leery when people do not identify themselves, the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) decision to no longer identity the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) assigned to hear your Disability case is troubling.  The Herndon disability law firm ABRAMS LANDAU received several Hearing Notices this week.  None of them had the name of the Federal Judge assigned to our clients’ disability claims.  This means we cannot Read the rest of this entry »

The bailiffs at our last several court appearances have had to get extra chairs to accommodate clients, family members, friends and witnesses who have attended Hearings in Fairfax, Manassas, Richmond Virginia as well in Washington, D.C. !  EVERY SINGLE CLIENT who has attended a Hearing weeks and months before their own “day in court” has agreed that it helped them enormously.  These Hearings are nothing like what you might see on television and the best preparation for your own case is a “scouting trip” to see the best judges and lawyers in Virginia try real injury and disability cases in court.  In keeping with our promise to enable injured workers and accident victims to “SEE US IN ACTION,” upcoming trials, cases, races and programs are set forth below.  You will not see this from any of the advertising lawyers.  In fact, we know of no other plaintiff’s personal injury law firm that has the courage to: (1) Encourage their clients to come to court BEFORE their trial to see their lawyer “in action,” and (2) Actually publish the calendar of their public appearances, court cases, races and Continuing Legal Education programming.  But remember,

                 Always call the day before you come to see us in action !  

Cases set on a court’s schedule can be cancelled (like when the storms struck in September !), continued, postponed, settled, re-scheduled for mediation or arbitration.  So, always call our office the day before you want to come and watch to make sure the insurance company has not paid for the losses caused by the negligent defendant or unsafe employer at “the 24th hour.”  Your time is valuable.  We do not want any client, family member, friend or neighbor to make a wasted trip.  Doug Landau has even encouraged people to observe other cases that are not from the Herndon Reston law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., when there is little time before a client’s own Hearing or trial. To that end, here are some upcoming dates:

Date               Place    Case, Race &/or Program

2/2/2012 Social Security Disability Hearing, Richmond office of Hearings and Appeals, VA

2/9-15/2012    American Association for Justice, (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) Winter Convention, Phoenix, AZ

2/12/2012 “Double Down” races for Downs Syndrome, Phoenix, AZ

2/23/2012 Social Security Disability Income Administrative Law Judge Hearing, Washington D.C.

2/24/2012 Prince William County Circuit court, Manassas, VA Motion to Compel Discovery in a fast food slip and fall case

2/26/2012 Jack Corkey Memorial Aquathon at the Herndon Virginia Community Center, sponsored by ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd.

2/27/2012 Hanover, VA – Hanover Junior Idol Competition (spectator, not as a competitor !)

2/27-3/1/2012 Depositions in Jacksonville, FL and Atlanta, GA for an disabled trucker’s Fulton County, GA injury case

2/28/2012 Annual Science Fair (Judge), The Madeira School, McLean, VA

3/9/2012 Social Security Disability Hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, Washington, D.C.

3/13/2012 Social Security Disability Hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, Washington, D.C.

3/30-4/2/2012    Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

4/12/2012 Virginia Workers Compensation Hearing, Northern Virginia Regional Office (Employers Application cutting worker off)

4/16/2012  Spotsylvania, Virginia Hearing before senior Deputy Commissioner (RSD or CRPS as a “compensable consequence”)