‘Catch 22’: Price of doing well is more work elsewhere By Peter Vieth” from March 24, 2008 https://valawyersweekly.com/archive.cfm?recid=433388 Most Virginia Social Security disability claimants and their attorneys have avoided the long hearing delays that recently have plagued other areas of the country. Claimants in Northern Virginia, however, often wait a year or more for their…
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What kinds of expert medical opinions did Doug Landau have to get from the doctors in order to assist his client in her Social Security Disability claim ? The ABRAMS LANDAU team was able to request and receive the treating doctor’s opinions that his patient would be able to sit and/or stand for less than…
Continue readingWhen clients have obvious loss of function, injuries resulting in amputation or other obvious deformities, the Administrative Law Judges who hear Social Security claims have objective signs supporting disability. But when there is no outward sign of injury or disability, such as with cases of brain injury, spinal cord trauma, closed head injury, or internal…
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WFVA AM 1230 Fredericksburg was the scene of injury lawyer Doug Landau’s latest public speaking engagement. Invited by host (and experienced personal injury lawyer John “Jack” Harris of HARRIS & HARRIS), Landau talked about Virginia Workers Compensation law, claims, mistakes, time limits, as well as Social Security Disability and Negligence lawsuits.The DJ also asked the ABRAMS…
Continue readingInstead of taking longer, some states are trying to reduce the number of workers compensation claims waiting for settlement. Herndon trial lawyer Doug Landau received a copy of the Star Ledger article stating that, “The backlog of injured New Jerseyans whose workers compensation insurance settlements are hung up in a government review process has dropped…
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