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The sports injury team at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. has been contacted by several cyclists who have been injured in early season rides by dogs, automobiles and defective bicycles. While fractured arms and legs are indicative of obvious injury, concussions and head trauma require a more sophisticated and subtle approach according to experienced personal injury trial lawyer Doug Landau. There is a common misconception that if there is no blood, there is no injury.  This is simply not true, as will be discussed in tomorrow’s post.

The MS SOCIETY CHARITY RIDE at Worldgate Sport & Health will take place Saturday, April 5th from 9:30-11:30 AM.

Fun, great prizes and a Grand Prize for the highest fundraiser will make for a very worthwhile morning.  There will be bagels, fruit, coffee following this fundraising event that benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.  TriathlonTrialLawyer Doug Landau has represented individuals with MS, and won a Federal Social Security Disability claim on behalf of a young client in Columbia, South Carolina last year.  This Herndon-Reston injury and disability lawyer has taken classes from both Ed Smith and Denise Morgan, who will be leading this indoor ride (so it’s “RAIN OR SHINE”).  They are experienced, inspiring and affable  spin instructors.  What is more, Denise, shown here with TheAthletesLawyer, has a family member with Multiple Sclerosis, so this charity event is personal.  For more information, contact Ed Smith at: esmith1@aol.com or Denise Morgan at: denise1284@aol.com.  Hurry, only 27 bikes available !

ABRAMS LANDAU multistate injury lawyer and multisport athlete Doug Landau assembled a team to compete in the 16th Annual Van Metre 5 Mile Run For Children’s Hospital at Broadlands Marketplace in Loudoun County, VA.(LEFT TO RIGHT) Dr. Allen Delaney, M.D., Doug Steele, TriathlonTrialLawyer Landau, Rob Colburn and Dr. Keith Saylor of NeuroScience, Inc. in Herndon took the starting line Saturday, March 15th, 2008 in order to benefit Childrens Hospital and compete against other teams and Loudoun Race Series participants.Herndon-Reston injury lawyer Doug Landau notes that several severely injury young clients have been successfully cared for at Childrens Hospital in the District of Columbia. In one case, a 4-year-old girl who was shot at point-blank range by a neighbor who had been given a pump action bb gun Read the rest of this entry »

2/16 Alexandria, VA George Washington Birthday Classic 10km., took place on the flat Eisenhower Avenue course by the United States Courthouse where TheAthletesLawyer recently tried a catastrophic brain injury and paralysis case before the same Judge who heard the Mousaui Terrorist case. Benefitting the Alexandria Police Youth Camp, Landau did his warm up INSIDE the AMC Hoffman Center Theater. Starting mid-pack with experienced triathlete and lawyer Charles “Chuck” Corbin, Landau averaged 7:20/mile, finishing in the top quarter of his age group and 144 of 810 in his first race of the new year. www.washingtonbirthday.net

2/23 Prince George Indoor Masters Track Meet, MD (3k, mile) PVTC www.pvtc.org See report under “CASES” as The TriathlonTrialLawyer actually competed, in his Newtons, in a Track Meet, running 11:48 for the 3,000 and 5:57 for the Mile.

2/29 Quaddrenniel Leap Year 3km. Running this “Once Every 4 Years Race” round the Jefferson Memorial tidal basin, in Washington, DC, TriathlonTrialLawyer Doug Landau managed a 12:03 for a 6:28/mile pace uder windy, cold conditions, to finish not quite last.
The DCRRC (703-241-0395) has a FREE noon time 3km. every month at the Roosevelt Memorial Tourmobile stop & Ohio Drive, SW (where many big D.C. races start/finish) on the 3rd Wednesday of the month year round. NO pregistration necessary. For a map of the course, go to: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=489441

3/30 *Homestead, Hot Springs, VA VTLA annual 2 miler, X-C

After a bike crash involving head trauma, loss of consciousness, closed head injury or other neurological signs of damage, many veteran cyclists find it very hard to rest and recuperate.  Missing their daily “endorphin high,” riders, racers, commuters and other cyclists often return to their sports before cleared to do so by their treating doctors.  Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau often counsels injured cyclists, triathletes and sports enthusiasts after high speed bike crashes, that they may have sustained a closed head injury, concussion, traumatic brain injury, etc., and that intracranial swelling, neurological and other symptoms should not be ignored.  The treatments after such  traumatic accidents need time to be efficacious, and injured triathletes and cyclists need to follow  their health care providers’ instructions.  At Abrams Landau, Ltd. we routinely have to remind our clients that the body heals with time, and it is not a good idea to try to fool (or rush) “Mother Nature.”

Doug Landau recently went to the headquarters in Washington, D.C. of the American  Association for Justice (formerly the “Association of Trial Lawyers of America” or “ATLA”).  The Herndon Reston area injury lawyer took part in an Executive Council meeting of the Disability, Social Security and Health Law Section.  As noted in a prior post, his father, Norman J. Landau, was inducted into the National trial lawyer association’s Hall of Fame in 2005.  Just as with athletes who have their numbers retired or are inducted into Cooeprstown or other Hall of Fame, this singular honor is bestowed on very few American Trial Lawyers.  Everyone at the ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. of Herndon, Virginia, and LANDAU, MILLER & MORAN of New York City, is very proud of Norman Landau’s achievements and legacy.

This time of year TriathlonTrialLawyer Doug Landau tries to wear green and sign pleadings in green. This year, Dr. Keith Saylor of NeuroScience, Inc. in Herndon, was the very picture of sartorial splendor biking during the always festive St. Patrick’s week celebrations. Of course, bike gear from the College of William & Mary just happens to be the right colors, but no matter, it was the thought that counts. Next year Herndon-Reston area injury lawyer Doug Landau will have to “step it up” and be clad in green from head to foot if he is to match the experienced triathlete and neuroscientist. In fact, when he saw Saylor’s outfit this year, Landau was “green” - with envy !
Enjoy the holiday and remember to travel safely.

Fredericksburg Virginia Radio station WFVA (1230 AM) will feature Herndon Injury Lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. on its morning “Peoples Law School” program Monday, March 17th at 9:00 AM.  The affable Triathlon Trial Lawyer will answer questions from callers as well as from the host, fellow Virginia Trial Lawyer John Harris.   So, if you have any questions about all kinds of injury claims, bike crashes, race wrecks, workers compensation, dog attacks, training mishaps, occupational diseases, defective products, sports accidents, children’s cases, brain injury, Social Security Disability or other related topics, please call in !  The number is 540-371-5756.

The quaddrennial “Tidal Basin Leap Year Run” took place Friday, February 29th, 2008, with two dozen hardy souls making the 3km. circuit around the Tidal Basin, Jefferson and FDR Memorials. It was cold, but at least it was also windy ! The sun was out, but there is little protection from gusts around the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin. Ted Poulos, shown here pointing out the route to Race Director Jay Wind, won the event. Poulous makes even the Triathlon Trial Lawyer look like a “slacker” with his unbelieveable racing schedule. He has raced over 250 events in a single year, a feat recounted in Runners World Magazine and the Guiness Book of World Records. TheAthletesLawyer did the course in 12:03, to finish in 5th. To translate, the Herndon Virginia injury attorney ran the equivalent of a 40:10 pace for 10km, or about 6:30 per mile.

The Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau has put together a team of athletes to run at the 16th Annual Van Metre 5 Mile Run For Children’s Hospital on Saturday, March 15, 2008, at 8:30 am. This charitable event has a New Race Location at Broadlands Market Place. Landau, and team members Rob Colburn, Doug “Mano” Steele and Dr. Keith Saylor will use the race as a “brick workout” by cycling immediately after finishing the 8 km. run ! While the Potomac River Running team is the favorite to win, the Abrams Landau injury attorney promises to give full value.

Childrens Hospital has treated Abrams Landau cleints in the past, and will, no doubt, help others in the future. Children’s National Medical Center Read the rest of this entry »