While in New York City recently, athlete safety lawyer Doug Landau came across photos of 41 notorious thieves who steal at health clubs and gymnasiums while their victims are working out. The New York Post article’s title blared, ” Gym rats ‘lift’ and run” and even published the rogues’ gallery of photographs of the most…
Continue readingIf you want a long early season ride with hot soup and a tour of the lovely Swedish Embassy, Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau recommends that you register for the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (“WABA”) and the Embassy of Sweden’s VASA Ride. The free Vasa event celebrates Sweden’s famed ski race and festival, “Vasaloppet,” by…
Continue readingTomorrow’s post about a winter athlete who sustained a career ending brain injury (“TBI”) struck a note with me, as I and my family members have had several serious winter sports injuries. While this TriathlonTrialLawyer has never ridden in a bobsled or luge, I spent many winter days, when I wasn’t making money shoveling driveways,…
Continue readingVO2 Max testing is something triathlete Doug Landau has been familiar with since the early 1980s. During graduate studies in Sports Medicine, Landau volunteered to be a test subject at Boston University, and had his VO2 Max tested. Since then, he has had the testing done on treadmills, bicycles and stepping machines. VO2 max, or…
Continue readingFranklin Farms bike crash lawyer Doug Landau advocates wearing bright colors when cycling, and often dons fluorescent yellow, orange and green bike gear when biking. But even the TriathlonTrialLawyer was surprised to read the news story in this month’s TRIAL magazine about a driver who was found guilty in Oregon of “Hit and run” as…
Continue readingJust as these ancient Greek boxers sought protection for their hands from cuts, fractures and dislocations, bicycling gloves can help protect cyclists’ fingers and palms from “road rash,” lacerations and slipping off the brakes or handlebars. Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau often wears bike gloves when it is cold, humid or wet outside for safety,…
Continue readingEast Coast snow storms stranded Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau on Maui after his speech to the American Association for Justice. What did the Herndon Reston area runner and injury lawyer do with the extra time on the island ? Oak Hill’s fleet footed lawyer found a race to jump into and managed to cop…
Continue readingTriathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau admits that his ice bath regimen, toe spreaders and reading upside down may be unique, but what some elite athletes do is just plain weird. For example, shortly before the 2003 London Marathon, champion road runner Paula Radcliffe collided with a 13-year-old cyclist and suffered a dislocated jaw, whiplash and…
Continue readingInjured athletes who have come to see Doug Landau in Court often note that he is in “constant motion” and quite “nimble” in the court room, with exhibits, computers and documents at his fingertips. Just as is the case in his race preparation, Ashburn injury lawyer Landau and his staff invest a lot of time…
Continue readingWinning his first and last multisport races of the season made for what would have to be called a successful year for Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau. In addition to the ABRAMS LANDAU law firm’s successes in court rooms in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Georgia, New York, South Carolina and Washington, D.C., the Herndon…
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