Landau Injury Law

Doug has practiced as a civil trial lawyer since 1985. He founded his own firm in 1989, originally in Old Town Alexandria, in the Courthouse Plaza on King Street. Abrams Landau, Ltd. is now based in the historic district of Herndon, Virginia. The Abrams Landau team concentrates its practice in the areas of: Personal Injury; state Workers Compensation; and, Federal Social Security Disability Income. The goal of Abrams Landau is to help injured and disabled people and their families.

Doug’s father Mr. Norman J. Landau and his grandfather Mr. William L. Abrams were instrumental and inspirational in the establishment of Abrams Landau, Ltd. It is to the memory of these great men that Doug attributes his commitment to serving his clients with the highest levels of professionalism, efficiency and confidentiality.

In addition to his dedication to the practice of law, Doug competes all over the country in running races, biathlons and triathlons.  Doug, who has come to be known as the Triathalon Lawyer, has competed abroad as well as in the U.S. Sprint and Olympic Distance National Championships. His proven success in court as well as athletics is testimony to his relentless pursuit of excellence.  To learn more about 

Bar admissions
Federal and State Courts of:

Virginia

Florida

Connecticut

New Jersey

District of Columbia

Federal Courts, covering the East Coast from Florida to Connecticut, including 3rd, 4th, 10th and D.C. Courts of Appeal

U.S. Supreme Court

Educational background

University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1985

Sargent College of Allied Health Sciences, Graduate studies, Applied Anatomy & Physiology 1981-82

Boston University, College of Liberal Arts, B.A., 1981

Columbia University, New York City, NY, summer sessions, 1978, 1979, 1980

The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT, 1978

Employment history

Abrams Landau, Ltd., Principal, Historic District of Herndon, VA 2000 – present

Allred, Bacon, Halfhill, Landau & Young, Partner, Fairfax, VA, 1996-2000

Abrams Landau, Ltd., Principal, Courthouse Plaza, Old Town Alexandria, VA, 1991-1996

Connerton, Ray & Simon, Associate, Washington, D.C., 1990-1991

Ashcraft & Gerel, Associate, Alexandria, VA, 1987-1990

Hall, Surovell, Jackson & Colten, Associate, Fairfax, VA, 1985-1987

Pre-JD Employment

Specially Admitted to the Bar as an Intern with the Florida State Attorney’s Office, prosecuting criminal cases in Miami, Cutler Ridge, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, Homestead, 1984-1985

Res Ipsa Loquitur, University of Miami School of Law Newspaper, Editor in Chief, 1984-1985

Costello & Shea, New York City, N.Y., summer, 1984

Robin Thompson & Partners, Solicitors, London, England, summer, 1983

Rash & Katzen, Miami, FL, 1982-1983

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, D.C., 1982

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Product Liability Exchange, 1981-1982

Law Clerk for: Aaron Levine, Washington, D. C., 1981

Stanley Kaplan Test Preparation Instructor (GRE, GMAT, SAT), DC, VA & MD, 1982-1983

The Dwight Englewood School, Instructor in Physical Education, Englewoood, N.J., 1979

Tenafly Racquet Club, summer clinics and Tennis Instructor, Tenafly N.J., 1977 & 1978

Columbia Presbyterian Neurological Institute, Laboratory Assistant, NYC, N.Y., 1973-1977

Legal Affiliations

Association of Trial Lawyers of America
· Member since 1981, Advocate status 1993, Fellow 1999, National College of Advocacy, Social Security Section vice chair and newsletter editor

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
· Member, Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Sections

Workplace Injury Litigation Group
· Member

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice – national public interest law firm
· Member Washington D. C. office’s first Law Clerk, 1982

National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives
· Member and case referral panel attorney

Supreme Court of Virginia
· Circuit Court Judge training, 2002- present

ATLA Student Trial Advocacy Competition
· Judge

Legal Activities
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA) Annual Tort Law Seminar Committee, May 2005

VTLA Annual Convention Committee and Sponsor, Hot Springs, WV, 2000-present

Virginia State Bar, “Jury Selection,” Young Lawyers Conference Professional Development Seminar, at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, 2003

Northern Virginia Attorneys Herndon luncheons, presented and sponsored (with Injured Workers Pharmacy) by Abrams Landau, Ltd., 2002

VTLA Fall Fiesta, Social Security Committee, Richmond, September, 2001

VTLA Fall Fiesta, Moderator, Social Security Section Experts’ Panel, 2000

Other Activities

USA Triathlon

USA Track & Field

DC Road Runners Club

United States Masters Swimming