Everyone at Abrams Landau, Ltd. was surprised when a large basket of treats arrived at our doorstep. When we read the card, we learned the gift was from a local Herndon insurance agent. This automobile, homeowners and property insurer wanted to express his thanks for attorney Doug Landau’s pro bono representation at the Herndon courthouse.…
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Everyone was admiring the rack at the Congressional Bank on Elden Street in Herndon, Virginia on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. The occasion? The bank was collecting suits for people reentering the job market who need appropriate attire for interviews. The Suit Drive and Community Mixer benefited the HomeAid of Northern Virginia’s Women Giving Back and…
Continue readingGeneral District Court Inclement Weather Policy (Fairfax County, Town of Herndon, Town of Vienna, and City of Fairfax) The General District Court rarely closes due to inclement weather. Interested parties should listen to television and radio announcements to specifically state that the Fairfax County General District Court is closed. If it is announced that Fairfax County Government offices (not…
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The winter of 2013-14 has been a difficult one so far in terms of cold temperatures and snow here in Northern Virginia. Parents of school children had mixed reactions to the closing of local school systems, some of which were recently closed for an entire week after a moderate snowfall was followed by brutally cold…
Continue readingVirginia, like most states, has a Hazing Law which makes hazing at any school, college or university against the law. Teasing that was considered an all-in-good-fun rite of passage decades ago is now known to be hazing — dangerous and illegal. Section 18.2-56 of the Code of Virginia provides the following: “It shall be unlawful…
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