One thing about Herndon Reston area disability lawyer Doug Landau – he is inquisitive ! He is always curious to see the places and meet the people that the ABRAMS LANDAU law firm interacts with on a regular basis. Doug goes to Courts, insurance companies, opposing law firms, and hospitals in order to better understand…
Continue readingABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. helps disabled workers referred by NOSSCR, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, by investigating their claims, filing their paperwork and presenting their cases to the Administrative Law Judges. Doug Landau has been on the NOSSCR Referral panel for several years, representing disabled people before the Federal Social Security Administration. When…
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Doug Landau had heard that Richmond attorney Roger Williams had been confirmed as a Commissioner of the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWCC”), but he had not seen him since this confirmation. The three Full Commissioners sit and decide “Reviews,” which are the appeals from a Deputy Commissioner’s Hearing opinion. In other words, the Full Commission…
Continue readingAn ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., client was a guest at one of the hotels in the Colonial Williamsburg area. He went into bathroom in his hotel room and turned on the heatlamp. This was the original unit that was installed in the hotel in 1983. He sat down on the toilet. The hotel heat lamp heated…
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The Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWCC”) has been pouring major resources into its electronic filing initiative and eliminating the Ombudsman’s Office. There is now a “Customer Assistance Department,” and training underway for personnel in Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”). Doug Landau visited this new department in November on order to familiarize himself with the new lineup…
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