National Public Radio (NPR) recently aired a report entitled, “Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America”. In the piece, the NPR reporter launches attacks against the disabled and the attorneys that work to assist them in their quest to obtain disability benefits. In response, eight (8) former Commissioners of the Social Security…
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Last year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) decided to stop publishing in advance the name of the administrative law judges (ALJ) assigned to hear disability cases, a move that made trying disability cases that much more difficult. Click here to read what Herndon disability attorney Doug Landau thought of that decision. We have just learned…
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Last year the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) decided to stop making known in advance the identity of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) assigned to hear a case. Read about why Herndon Virginia Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) lawyer Doug Landau called the move “Cowardice in Court”. In welcome news for anyone awaiting a hearing, it…
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Just as in dating, sometimes the date you start with is not the one you end up with ! Unrepresented Social Security Disability claimants often pick a “date of onset” for their disability on their original applications that lead to denial after denial by the Federal Government. While a disabled workers may have stopped working…
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We are frequently asked, “What does Doug Landau do on his “road trips” away from the office in Herndon, Virginia ?” Here is the Triathlon Trial Lawyer’s agenda Friday AFTER leaving ABRAMS LANDAU for a Federal Disability trial and the United States Duathlon National Championships (he is shown here after picking up his race numbers,…
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