International lawyers: the laws are different, but the medicine and technology are the same
One of the reasons Herndon Reston area injury lawyer Doug Landau travels to meet with lawyers from all over the world is to compare methods of effectively proving injured victims and disabled clients cases. While working for a large solicitors firm in England Landau learned that the medicine and technology are similar on “both sides of the pond.” The laws, trials and means of presenting cases in court are different, but being exposed to new ideas and successful strategies has been beneficial. Shown here are South African lawyer Henry Shields, Pennsylvania Lawyer and WILG Stalwart Todd O’Malley and Mrs. O’Malley and Mrs. Landau at this year’s national trial lawyers convention, which is attended by members from countries all over the world. Injuries caused by faulty products, drugs and dangerous chemicals have have common facts regardless of where in the world they occur. Trial lawyers learn from each other and help each other. That is how the trial lawyers can take on the multi-national corporations, manufacturers and insurers on behalf of the injured and disabled in contingency cases.