This will be a short post. The law firms that are buying television, radio and newspaper advertising “trolling” for oil spill cases in Florida, Texas and Louisiana demonstrate some of the worst of what people think of trial lawyers. The big class action firms have already bought google ads and have begun on-line searching for…
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When can a local lawyer beat a sitting Virginia judge and NOT be cited for “contempt” ? At the First Annual “Race for Justice” held at the Tysons Sport & Health Club this morning. Several hundred Northern Virginia lawyers, judges, legal staff and family members turned out for this inaugural event, which raised money for…
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“While the multi-million dollar lawsuits get all the headlines, whether or not they are ultimately successful, it is workers comp claim that touch the lives of so many injured workers and their families that are never reported,” according to Herndon Reston area claimants’ comp attorney Doug Landau. “Because these cases usually do not involve lawsuits,…
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A jury awarded $51,000 to a woman who claimed a motor vehicle accident ruptured her breast implants. In 2007, the plaintiff was rear-ended by an uninsured motorist while stopped at a traffic light. The plaintiff initially claimed soft-tissue back injuries. As sometimes happens in personal injury litigation, she was later diagnosed another medical condition. In…
Continue readingWhile the answer to this question used to be difficult, and Northern Virginia claimants’ counsel Doug Landau could only use his own law firm’s actual experiences and the data from other lawyers with whom we share information at the American Association for Justice (“AAJ”), National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (“NOSSCR“) and the Virginia…
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