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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Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is pleased to be selected as a 2013 Virginia SuperLawyer, an honor he has received every year since 2006. SuperLawyers goes through a complex and comprehensive process of screening and evaluation to recognize attorneys who have “attained high peer recognition, meet ethical standards, and have demonstrated some degree of achievement…
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When applying for Workers’ Compensation and/or Social Security disability benefits, you must document symptoms and the resulting limitations to your physical activity. During visits with your treating physician(s), you will be asked to describe what you are feeling. It is very important to record objective signs to back up your subjective complaints. Your subjective complaints may…
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If you have ever been part of a consumer class action suit and received some sort of settlement — maybe a check or a coupon for a free something — then you have experienced the little thrill that comes with knowing that sometimes the little guy does win! Could the days of consumer class actions…
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In many situations it may seem like an employee should be able to sue his or her employer for something that happened on the job. For example, a hospital worker who is punctured by a used, contaminated needle left out by a negligent coworker; a camp counselor who feels she did not receive adequate training…
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