According to the “Brain Attack” website, studies with animals have shown that brain injury occurs within minutes of a brain attack and can become irreversible within as little as an hour. In humans, brain damage begins from the moment the stroke starts and often continues for days afterward. Scientists now know that there is a…
Continue readingStroke is the third leading cause of death in America and the No. 1 cause of adult disability, according to the National Stroke Organization (“NSO”). Up to 80% of strokes are preventable; you can prevent a stroke! Here is the page for the NSO’s “Stroke 101 Fact Sheet.” Herndon and Leesburg brain injury lawyer Doug…
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Leesburg and Fairfax injury lawyer Doug Landau regularly reads about large verdicts from other states, such as New York. Clients often ask why their case does not get multi-million dollar verdicts. They also ask why their cases are so much harder to try in jurisdictions like Virginia. While I congratulate the plaintiff’s lawyer in the…
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Yesterday, Doug Landau wrote a post about a Woodbridge lawyer who settled hundreds of cases without telling his clients or their families. Attorney Stephen Conrad then went bankrupt, was sentenced to 132 months in jail according to the FBI website and his practice is now in receivership. Many of his clients will either not get…
Continue readingAfter a Prince William County lawyer stole millions of dollars from clients, the Virginia State bar is reconsidering a Payee Notification Rule. Stephen Conrad settled hundreds of car crash, premises liability and other accidental injury cases and did not tell his clients. Furthermore, very few of this lawyer’s clients received notice that there was going…
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