Who could have missed the recent inspirational story about the quadruple-amputee, 26-year-old war veteran Brendan Marrocco, who underwent successful double arm transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore? Marrocco was the first military veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to have survived the loss of four limbs. Although it is unlikely that…
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Members of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) came from such diverse states as Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina and New York, among others, to attend the recent American Association for Justice (AAJ) winter convention in Miami, Florida. Some of the best workplace injury and disability lawyers…
Continue readingLast 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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Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau wishes there was no such thing as a “distracted driver.” Doug has seen too many cases of injury — or even death — that are caused by a distracted driver. The busy Beltway traffic around Virginia and Maryland, longer commutes, advances in PDA and cell phone technology (and coverage) contribute…
Continue readingIf you could select your bank based on its commitment to helping those in need, would you do it? For ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. the answer is YES! Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA for short) is a program where lawyers holding client funds, which are either too small or too short-term for an individual interest-bearing…
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