How do I pick the right lawyer for my Dulles Airport “people mover” mobile lounge in jury case?

There are several factors to look for when selecting a lawyer for your Wasington Dulles International Airport injury case.

1…One of the first things you should look for is whether or not the lawyer has previously tried cases for passengers and workers injured on these enormous, wheel-based airport transportation vehicles. A lawyer who has tried cases for both injured passengers, as well as workers at the airport, will have knowledge of the internal workings of the airport authority, their insurance company(s) and other potential defendants.

2. You must ask, HAS the lawyer actually RIDDEN on a people mover?

Dulles Airport “mobile lodges,” also known as “people movers,” operate on crowded pathways, with jets, planes, fuel trucks, catering vans, security cars, maintenance carts and luggage tugs all sharing the same roadway. With a shortage of traffic controllers, the volume of users on the Air Operations Area can lead to near misses, property damage and permanent injuries

Doug Landau, believes that “walking the walk” is more important than “talking to talk.” Having ridden the Washington Dulles International Airport (“IAD”) people movers, also knows “mobile lounges,” many hundreds of times has given Landau a unique perspective on how these buses operate,; their strengths and weaknesses; and how best to help people injured due to the unsafe conduct of other drivers on the air operations area (“AOA”), or the operators of the buses themselves.

3. Another way to select the best lawyer for your airport injury is  to see if the lawyer has actually taught on the subject of airport injury cases, people mover accidents, and related subject matter to the national and state trial lawyer associations. Publishing in a peer-reviewed journal, national lawyer magazine, and/or continuing legal education (“CLE”) program is another way to show that a lawyer is viewed as being an authoritative expert in the field. Having published articles in numerous lawyer journals, as well as spoken at the national trial lawyers’ convention on the subject of Airport injuries, Doug Landau knows that it is a very small group of lawyers who really know how to help people injured at airports and on the air operations area. (the runways).

4. Does the lawyer have the highest reading from Martindale Hubble, a national lawyer reading service? An A-V rating means that the lawyer gets an “A” (the highest grade) for legal skill, experience and knowledge. The “V” stands for the highest ethical rating. Why would you want a doctor, accountant or other professional with less than the top rating? You wouldn’t. Likewise, the A-V rating for Martindale Hubble is deemed by most lawyers I=as being authoritative, done by their peers, and something that they all should aspire to achieve.

Unless you have actually ridden the various styles of the enormous Dulles Airport people mover, you will not have experienced with all 5 senses, how these mobile lounges operate on the busy, dangerous Air Operations Area.

5.  Many large law firms will outsource case preparation and other work to India, the Philippines, and other foreign countries. This means that their clients’ sensitive, personal medical information leaves the United States and can be utilized by folks outside their control. Other law firms use AI to do a lot of the work,, which can also lead to the loss of sensitive information about someone’s health, income, finances and family.  The experienced airport injury team at ABRAMS LANDAU has been told that injured travelers who used these other law firms never got to speak to a lawyer, and often times rarely communicated with a live human being! At the Herndon Virginia law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU,  our own handicap accessible building is only minutes from Washington Dulles International Airport, 20 miles from Reagan National Airport, and just West of Washington DC. The Landau Law Shop is also near the Leesburg and Manassas Airports, located in Loudoun County and Prince William County, respectively.

6. Does the lawyer actually try cases for people injured at the airport? Not every lawyer who advertises actually tries cases for people injured at the airport. If a law firm cannot give you dates, times, and places of upcoming cases on behalf of people injured at the airport, then that may be a sign that it is either a “settlement factory,,“ or a law firm that really doesn’t devote a lot of time, effort and money towards helping people injured traveling through the airport, working for the Airlines, or involved in the travel industry.

The Dulles Airport People Movers have not been produced in decades. Keeping up with maintenance, and making spare parts, for these huge midfield terminal busses is a constant problem for the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (“MWAA”)

7. Is the law firm recognized by other lawyers as the unique authority in the field? Many law firms are listed in “Super L:awyers,” the book “The Best Lawyers in America,” The Virginia Lawyers Weekly Newspaper’s annual “Go TO” lawyers for negligence, and workers compensation. However, ABRAMS LANDAU is the only law firm in Virginia listed in BOTH “GO TO” lawyers for negligence AND workers comp, as well as “Best Lawyers in America” and “Super Lawyers,” But more important than all these accolades, is the fact that the ABRAMS LANDAU trial team actually “walks to walk and tries cases on behalf of people injured at the airports.

Big billboards, television and radio ads, sponsored websites and radio commercials are not what an important decision on retaining legal counsel should be based. Rather, word-of-mouth, seeing them “in action“ and knowing what to look for are critical. Choosing the wrong lawyer could lead to a very bad result, unnecessary long delays,  and the loss of private sensitive personal information. Do you comparisons and make an educated decision.

If you or someone you know or care for has been injured as the result of an accident while traveling at an airport, on an aircraft air while on the job, and there are questions about what laws apply, please give us a call or text (703-796-9555) or email us at Abrams Landau, Ltd.