The Abrams Landau law team coordinated with P.E. Teacher Mark Pankau to hold another Bike Rodeo and our Lids on Kids brain injury prevention presentation and bike helmet giveaway program at Guilford Elementary School! We have worked with Mr. Pankau for several years now to help teach the importance of bike safety and always wearing…
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The Reston Bike Club (RBC) mid-week rides are now leaving from both the Reston and Herndon locations on Tuesdays AND Thursday evenings. Doug Landau joined the RBC group April 12th in order to get some miles under his legs outdoors before racing on the weekend. The weather was magnificent, and the route map pick-up and…
Continue readingHerndon lawyer Doug Landau, himself an avid runner and cyclist who enjoys his office’s proximity to the W & OD trail, was dismayed to learn that a woman was dragged off the trail and attacked in late January. The attack took place near Sunset Hills Road and the Reston YMCA. Landau has often run and…
Continue readingA woman who biked, hiked and climbed in China, Europe and throughout the United States sued IKEA after 350 pounds of countertops fell and crushed her pelvis. Doug Landau reports that this 36-year-old Arlington woman’s case was heard nearly 3 years after she was injured. The hiker, biker and climber has had a metal plates…
Continue readingIn one case we handled in the Tidewater area, friends of mine were staying in a tourist hotel. On vacation near where I have participated in several “flat course” races, my 3 friends checked into two rooms before checking the rooms out beforehand. Because of the aging light and heat fixtures, one of my friends…
Continue readingIn 2005, after years of training, competing and waiting, I was able to represent the United States and compete in Triathlon at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. The Olympic Distance race consisted of a mile swim, 25 mile bike ride through the city and then a 6.2 mile race over the hills and dunes of…
Continue readingThe Reston Masters Swim Team is holding their annual 1 and 2 mile lake swim races and open water clinic May 23-24, 2009. All events will take place at Lake Audubon in Reston, Virginia, the same body of water where the sold-out Reston Triathlon is contested. The Reston Masters have hosted the USMS National Open…
Continue readingThe College of William & Mary indoor tennis stadium was the site of the 2009 VTLA Tennis Tournament, sponsored by ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. Herndon Reston area injury and disability lawyer Doug Landau puts on this fund raiser each year and makes sure that everyone who participates gets a useful prize and lots of “court time.”…
Continue readingThe Virginia Trial lawyers Associaiton’s (“VTLA”) Annual Convention is jam-packed with lectures, seminars, specialty sessions and inspiring speeches. There are also athletic events that TriathlonTrialLawyer Doug Landau has sponsored, directed and participated in over the last 25 years. This year, the busy Herndon Reston area injury and disability lawyer was a volunteer at the 7:30…
Continue readingI like Zambonis. I like the name. I like the way they drive. I like the fact that they are slow, odd-looking and apparently safe. I’ve never seen a fight break at a Hockey game out because of the Zamboni. However, even these benign ice machines can cause injury. According to The Canadian Paramedic Web…
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