{"id":73,"date":"2008-02-12T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theathleteslawyer.com\/faces\/vtla-annual-meeting-work-hard-play-hard\/"},"modified":"2008-02-12T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T20:20:08","slug":"vtla-annual-meeting-work-hard-play-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2008\/02\/12\/vtla-annual-meeting-work-hard-play-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"VTLA Annual Meeting &#8211; &quot;Work Hard, Play Hard&#8230;&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Annual Meeting of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (&#8220;VTLA&#8221;) takes place at the end of March.  While The Athletes Lawyers spends most of his time there at lectures, meetings, moderating programs and conferring with co-counsel, Doug Landau manages to sponsor a Tennis Tournament and participate in the &#8220;Fun Run&#8221; sponsored by his friend and colleague Steve Garver, of Reston, Virginia.  The weather is usually cold and wet, but the venue is superb for networking and learning about changes in the law, trial techniques and products available to help injured and disabled clients.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theathleteslawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doug_Landau_VTLA_fun_run_sign.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none\" src=\"https:\/\/theathleteslawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.thumbs\/.Doug_Landau_VTLA_fun_run_sign.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The VTLA Fun Run, sponsored by Reston Trial Lawyer Steve Garver (kneeling, in hat) is a favorite event at the Annual Convention, even when it rains !\" width=\"195\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The VTLA Fun Run, sponsored by Reston Trial Lawyer Steve Garver (kneeling, in hat) is a favorite event at the Annual Convention, even when it rains !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theathleteslawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abrams_Lanau_Ltd._Dog_Landau_VTLA_06_tennis_group.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none\" src=\"https:\/\/theathleteslawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.thumbs\/.Abrams_Lanau_Ltd._Dog_Landau_VTLA_06_tennis_group.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Athletes Lawyer Doug Landau has sponsored the VTLA Annual Tennis Tournament for many years.  Here, the frozen participants are all smiles after wrming up with a hot cup of tea at The Greenbrier in \" width=\"200\" height=\"165\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Athletes Lawyer Doug Landau has sponsored the VTLA Annual Tennis Tournament for many years.  Here, the frozen participants are all smiles after warming up with a hot cup of tea at The Greenbrier in <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>.<br \/>\n<a title=\"VTLA Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/vtla.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.vtla.com<\/a><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Annual Meeting of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (&#8220;VTLA&#8221;) takes place at the end of March. 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