A “Guardian Ad Litem” is usually a lawyer appointed to meet with injury victims who wish to compromise their lawsuit who is able to then explain to the court, independently of their own counsel, why a settlement of their case is or is not in their best interests. Following up on the ABRAMS LANDAU Herndon…
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The Florida Bar News reported in “News and Notes” December 15th, 2010 the fact that Doug Landau presented “Creative Ways to Increase Settlement and Get it Sooner Rather Than Later” at the Virginia trial lawyers (“VTLA“) Tort Law Seminars all over the Commonwealth of Virginia, teaching lawyers in Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach and Fairfax. The…
Continue readingWhen I first started practicing law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, lawyers on both sides of the case got along and did not intentionally antagonize each other. Pleadings and defenses were based upon provable facts and reason. Things have changed. Many defense firms routinely engage in “scorched earth” tactics, waste whole forests of unnecessary paper…
Continue readingBelieve it or not, there is a television show called “Lie to Me.” The people on the show try to solve crimes by determining who is lying by looking at facial expressions, nervous ticks, word usage and other clues. It is an interesting look at one aspect of forensic science. However, strangers contacting ABRAMS LANDAU…
Continue readingLast week saw the first flakes of the Winter of 2010-2011 at the Landau Law Shop. There was no accumulation at the ABRAMS LANDAU Herndon law firm, but other parts of the country have already been buffeted by severe winter storms and snow accumulation. Last year the Washington DC metropolitan area got pummeled by record-setting…
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