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An Illinois appellate court recently ruled that a class action can move forward against Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp., for the theft of millions of patients’ private information including medical issues and social security numbers. Clifford Law Offices is serving as co-lead counsel in the matter against the major health care provider that stored unencrypted data containing the full names, addresses, birth dates, social security numbers, medical histories, medical diagnoses and health insurance information stored…

At least 15 people were sent to area hospitals following a Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 23, 2019) crash between a CTA bus and a Mercedes on the border of Chicago’s Goose Island and River West neighborhoods on Chicago’s near North Side. The ages and conditions of 13 people on the bus were unknown. The two occupants of the Mercedes reportedly were critically injured and were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The bus that was heading west…

Clifford Law Offices was named Aviation Law Firm of the Year in 2020 by The National Law Journal. The award is part of the 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers annual recognition, following extensive research since 2015. The award comes on the heels of Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, being named Lead Counsel in the March 10 crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 airplane in Ethiopia. Clifford Law Offices represents dozens…

Sarah F. King and Charles R. Haskins, associates at Clifford Law Offices, moderated a program Thursday on “Motion Practice in Cook County Circuit Court.” The three-hour seminar included Judge James Flannery, Chief Judge of the Law Division, as well as Judges Melissa Durkin, Patricia O’Brien Sheahan, Lorna Propes and James Snyder. Topics that were covered included voluntary dismissal, discovery issues, directed verdict motions, post-trial motions, motions for summary judgment and motions in commercial cases in…

The National Trial Lawyers will be honoring Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, as the Class Action Trial Lawyer of the Year in Miami Beach, Florida, at its annual summit next week. The organization, consisting of trial lawyers from around the country, names top trial lawyers in various practice areas who achieved particular excellence during the year. Clifford was named the top spot in the area of class action work…

In response to the new Illinois Supreme Court requirements regarding professional responsibility credits required starting this year on wellness and diversity/inclusion, Clifford Law Offices is offering a free two-hour webinar program that fulfills these requirements 2:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21. Already more than 2,500 lawyers have registered for “The Path to Lawyer Well Being” and “Conscious Inclusion,” two one-hour programs that have been approved for professional responsibility credit in the two specific areas that lawyers…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Annual Damages Seminar on Monday, February 18th 2019. Clifford will be speaking on “Direct Examination of Your Clients and Witnesses” at the seminar at the Westin Chicago River North, 320 N. Dearborn, Chicago. During his 40-year-plus career as an attorney, Clifford has examined hundreds of witnesses at trials that resulted in record…

The National Hellenic Museum is sponsoring “The Trial of Hippocrates” February 20th at the Harris Theater, once again featuring leading trial lawyers to examine historic cases from ancient Greece using modern-day trial techniques. Trying the case of the father of medicine include Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices; Dan Webb, Co-Executive Chairman and partner at Winston & Strawn; Patrick Fitzgerald, partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, and who served…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Charles R. Haskins, associate at the firm, will be speaking at the Chicago Bar Association Friday, Jan. 11, on “10 Things You Need to Know Before Picking a Jury.” Cosgrove and Haskins together tried seven cases last year, the latest resulting in a $21.5 million verdict in the death of a small boy who drowned in a suburban pool. The jury deliberated 90 minutes following a…