Our Practice Areas

Clifford Law Offices’ practice areas include personal injury, medical malpractice, hospital negligence and aviation litigation involving both private and commercial aircraft. With over 20 Chicago personal injury lawyers, we offer experienced counsel in a wide range of critical practice areas:

Personal Injury

Personal injury involves injury to an individual. This area of law allows the injured person to sue in a private action called a civil action, known in the legal community as a tort action. A “tort” is a wrong against a person. Any accident or injury against a person can constitute a tort — whether it be in a car accident, the use of a product, or the negligence of a professional. The Chicago personal injury lawyers of Clifford Law Offices stand ready to assist you in evaluating your case and pursuing justice. Read more…

Wrongful Death

Wrongful death generally means a lawsuit is filed when the wrongful conduct of a person or entity results in the death of another person. Like personal injury, this area of tort can involve every area of tort practice. Read more…

Maritime Law / Maritime Litigation

Clifford Law Offices has represented individuals in many complex cases involving mass transportation disasters. Commercial airliners that plunged into the ocean and railroad crashes involving hundreds of passengers – the lawyers at Clifford Law Offices have handled these cases, oftentimes being appointed as lead counsel to head the litigation effort in the courts. Read more…

Medical Malpractice and Hospital Negligence

Clifford Law Offices has handled medical malpractice claims involving every medical specialty. In this era of health care change and turmoil, Clifford Law Offices’ commitment is unwavering in responding to consumer rights and awareness. For an experienced Chicago medical malpractice attorney (including a brain injury lawyer or birth injury lawyer), confer with the medical negligence lawyers at Clifford Law Offices. Read more…

Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Litigation

Attorneys at Clifford Law Offices are well versed in this highly complex area of law that involves defective medical device litigation or pharmaceutical litigation arising from ingesting prescription medicines with dangerous and undisclosed side effects. Read more…

Spinal Cord Injury

Since the costs of care for a spinal cord injury can be millions of dollars, you need the services of a law firm which successfully handles complex litigation with corporations and insurance companies, and ardently defends the rights of the victim. Read more…

Transportation Liability

One of the most frequent types of personal injury or wrongful death claim involves transportation liability: accidents that occur when people are on the move. Read more…

Railroad Accidents

When a loved one is injured or killed in a train accident, lawyers are often asked to determine responsibility. The experienced railroad accident attorneys at Clifford Law Offices can help. Read more…

Truck Accidents

Tractor-trailer and truck accident attorneys at Clifford Law Offices are available for consultation. Read more…

Product Liability

Clifford Law Offices has been a pioneer in the field of consumer safety. From airplanes to automobiles, from baby blankets to household products, from toys to sports equipment, Clifford Law Offices has represented a wide array of products where the product design was unsafe. Read more…

Construction Liability

Accidents on the job unfortunately occur when machinery, equipment or the workplace itself are unsafe. Clifford Law Offices represents many workers who have been injured while on the job. Read more…

Premises Liability

Premises liability law generally refers to accidents that occur on someone else’s property that was in a negligent or unsafe condition. Read more…

Qui Tam / Whistleblower

Qui tam, also known as whistleblower cases, is governed by the False Claims Act which generally involved defrauding the government. Different types of fraud exist and the government may or may not get involved in such an action. To learn more about if you have a qui tam action, Read more…

Pelvic Mesh

Pelvic Mesh are cases that involve a large number of claims associated with a single product or event and are marked by a commonality of important factual and legal issues. Pelvic mesh cases are most prevalent in medical device and pharmaceutical litigation. Read more…

Stryker Hip Implant

Stryker Orthopedics manufactured hip replacement devices, the Rejuvenate and the ABG II, that were recalled in 2012, but for many, that recall came too late. More surgeries are required in an attempt to remove and replace the modular hip replacements that are prematurely failing. Many people have sued. Read more…

Aviation Litigation

The firm’s highly experienced trial attorneys have successfully represented passengers and crew members involving commercial aviation litigation as well as private aircraft, corporate jets and helicopter crashes. The firm has brought lawsuits against a number of major airlines and virtually every major aircraft manufacturer involved in these tragedies in the last 20 years. Read more…

Commercial Aviation Liability

Clifford Law Offices is involved in air crash litigation around the world. The firm has represented passengers and crew in cases against virtually every major aircraft manufacturer and has earned a distinguished reputation for managing litigation arising from commercial air disasters. Read more…

Explosion Accident Lawyers

Clifford Law Offices has been handling fire and explosion cases for a quarter of a century around the country. Generally, they require immediate action in order to obtain court protection to preserve the evidence in order to determine who is responsible for the horrific injuries and deaths caused by the tragic incident. Read more about the experience of Clifford Law Offices’ attorneys: Read more…