A federal government security officer was injured while on a bicycle training ride near his home. The officer’s lawyer, Doug Landau of the Herndon law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd., noted that, “Statistics suggest that most car crashes happen within 10 miles of your home, since that’s where most of your driving occurs.” The federal biker
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Concierge coaching, where coaches, instead of supporting clients from the sidelines, join them at the starting line as “pacers for hire,” are being seen at big sporting events like the New York City Marathon, Ironman triathlon qualifiers, and bicycle races like Farm to Fondo. The question becomes whether or not this bespoke training is cheating
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With the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommending in November that all 50 states, in addition to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, require every single bicycle rider to wear a helmet, the Abrams Landau bike injury law team believe that this should become the uniform law throughout the country. Currently, we have boxes
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Where a recreational tour participant is injured or killed during a charity bicycle ride, the surviving spouse or family members can bring what is called a “wrongful death case.” In a trial report sent to attorney Doug Landau of the Herndon injury law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd., by one of his Georgia Bar Association friends,
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Many people all over the world have found themselves at home significantly more than they’re used to due to having to quarantine or isolate and social distance in response to varying degrees of COVID-19 instigated stay-at-home orders. The Herndon, Virginia law firm Abrams Landau has physically closed its office in response. Fortunately, we are prepared
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First, races that attorney Doug Landau had signed up for for the 2020 season are being postponed. Then, races in the Virginia Maryland Triathlon Series, or Kinetic Multisports, that he helps to sponsor, were canceled through Memorial Day. Now, events are being canceled left and right with no clear return to competition date. Set for
Continue readingLately I have been reading a great deal about the last great pandemic – the Spanish Flu – because I do not remember ever learning about it in school. Here I am, a middle school Civics instructor, teaching my students about “Civic Virtue” and “Civic Duty,” being unaware of an illness that took the lives
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Anyone who has spent more than a few minute with trial lawyer Doug Landau knows that he is constantly on the move. This triathlete lawyer has long used “active recovery” after competitions, as well as other modalities, to speed up the healing process. Injured athletes are realizing that staying active is a crucial part of
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Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Closures Update 5/1/2020: From the VWC: “Per the Commission’s April 6, 2020 Order, all evidentiary hearings will be conducted by video until such time as in-person hearings can resume. On April 21st, the Commission began converting all hearings that were scheduled to be held from May 1 through June 10 to video
Continue readingThere are ways to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before classes were cancelled for the rest of the year, Herndon lawyer Doug Landau was spending a lot of time discussing civic virtues with his bright, hardworking 8th graders at Rachel Carson Middle School. They talked about their community service hours. When Landau asked how many
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