National Public Radio (NPR) recently aired a report entitled, “Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America”. In the piece, the NPR reporter launches attacks against the disabled and the attorneys that work to assist them in their quest to obtain disability benefits. In response, eight (8) former Commissioners of the Social Security…
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Last year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) decided to stop publishing in advance the name of the administrative law judges (ALJ) assigned to hear disability cases, a move that made trying disability cases that much more difficult. Click here to read what Herndon disability attorney Doug Landau thought of that decision. We have just learned…
Continue readingYou would not think twice about letting your doctor perform a check-up on you. But, have you ever considered turning the tables and doing a little check-up on your doctor? Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau thinks it is a good idea to verify the credentials of any physician involved in your care. In fact, the…
Continue readingIf you are disabled, retired and living on a fixed income with payments from the Federal Government, then you may have noticed that while many people around you are experiencing a drop in their earnings, your income has actually risen over the last year. This is due to the Social Security Administration’s annual cost of…
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DOUG LANDAU, CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA (now American Association for Justice “AAJ”) Social Security Disability Law Section, shown at the National Convention. Former Michigan Trial Lawyers Association President Sheldon Miller, the late David Shrager (and former ATLA President) from Pennsylvania, and Herndon Virginia Trial Lawyer Doug Landau, of ABRAMS…
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