Previously I have written about burn injuries and the pain and disability they cause. I have also discussed the benefits of mediation in catastrophic injury and disability cases. In a case mediated by former Alexandria Circuit Court Chief Judge Kent and prepared by my friend and experienced Richmond trial attorney Chris Guedri, the innocent plaintiff…
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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…
Continue readingA Wisconsin man who fell three stories in a construction accident was awarded more than $7 million by a jury last week. An Iowa jury last week ordered a construction company and hotel builder to pay $7 million to the worker during a 2005 incident. The injured plaintiff suffered severe injuries when a lift tipped…
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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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