Author Archives: Doug Landau

Doug Landau visits “DreamCatchers” therapeutic horseback riding center: helping children with traumatic brain injury, paralysis and other disabilities

In prior posts, I have commented on how I have been inspired by clients and have learned so much. This past weekend I had the opportunity to watch a young client take a riding lesson at Dream Catchers near Williamsburg, Virginia. Dream Catchers is the premier therapeutic riding center between Richmond and Virginia Beach. Students…

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Drug for Psoriasis can be deadly; Raptiva linked to fatal neurological disease

Raptiva (or efalizumab), a psoriasis drug, may cause a serious brain infection and even result in death.  The Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 19 issued an advisory citing three confirmed cases — and a possible fourth case — of persons being diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) after they were treated with Raptiva.  The…

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Robert Hall presented Virginia Trial Lawyers Life-time Achievement Award; Landaus celebrate with Lawyers from all over Virginia in Williamsburg

For only the second time in VTLA’s 50-year history, a Life-time Achievement Award will be presented. Bob Hall was the President of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association when I came to work for him in Fairfax after graduation from the University of Miami School of Law. He was my mentor, and we travelled all over…

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