The Social Security Administration has released the new numbers for 2012. The Federal Government’s disability program has increased the amounts necessary for work determinations, the payments for Supplemental Income and the maximum taxable earnings. Earnings of less than $12,120 per year may not be viewed as “substantial” such that a wage earner would be deemed…
Continue readingAt the National Trial Lawyers convention in New York City this summer, Herndon injury attorney Doug Landau was told he was “crazy” for inviting potential clients, existing clients and their friends and families to come see him “in action.” Yet that is exactly what we do every at the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. …
Continue readingThe legal profession appears to police its ranks regularly, and lawyers being disbarred, reprimanded and suspended are reported by the State Bar in every state Reston Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau holds membership. But what happens when an unethical lawyer steals client’s funds or fails to inform them of money that has arrived in settlement…
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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…
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NOT some “bean counter,” corporate administrator or insurance company representative. When it comes to patient safety, I agree with American Medical Association President-Elect Peter Carmel, M.D., Dr. Carmel is a professor and chief of neurological surgery (adult and pediatric) at UMDNJ. He is also an internationally recognized expert in pediatric neurosurgery, who previously held the…
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