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Clifford Law Offices sponsored a free continuing legal education seminar on Thursday, February 21, 2019 live at DePaul University College of Law, also broadcasted live via webcast to thousands, for professional responsibility credit. The two-hour program included an hour on wellness and an hour on diversity/inclusion, two hours of new credit that have to be reported starting this year. Part of the wellness hour included a lawyer, Karen Munoz, partner at Dolan Law and yoga…

In a resounding victory for the Father of Medicine, Hippocrates was found innocent of violating the Hippocratic oath in administering medical treatment to the dying King of Thebes in the mock “Trial of Hippocrates” on February 20th, 2019. Some of Chicago’s powerhouse lawyers, including Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, and Dan Webb, co-executive chairman of Winston & Strawn, defended Hippocrates against the City of Thebes after treating the King…

In what was called the “greatest lawyers you will ever see in one place,” the Trial of Hippocrates takes place next Wednesday at the Harris Theatre in Chicago. And Bob Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, is one of the attorneys representing the Father of Medicine in an ancient Greek mock trial with Dan Webb of Winston & Strawn. They will team up against Patrick Fitzgerald and Patrick Collins, both former of…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be discussing the upcoming mock “Trial of Hippocrates” with WGN-AM radio’s Roe Conn today at 6:30 p.m. Clifford, along with Winston & Strawn’s Dan Webb, will be representing Hippocrates in the mock trial where the “Father of Medicine” is accused of violating his oath in caring for the King of Thebes. Clifford and Webb, who have participated in the ancient Greek re-trials sponsored…

Clifford Law Offices is offering a free two-hour webinar program on wellness and diversity/inclusion Thursday, Feb. 21st from 2:30-4:30 p.m. The Path to Lawyer Well Being & Conscious Inclusion Thursday, February 21, 2019 | 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. CST This two-hour program has been approved for two hours of professional responsibility credit: specifically, one hour of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and one hour of Diversity/Inclusion. Illinois Professional Responsibility CLE Requirements Illinois professional responsibility CLE requirements have changed….

Chronicle Ganawah, an employee at Clifford Law Offices for three years in office services, guest stars on the popular NBC-TV series Chicago Fire, tonight at 8 p.m. He’s also been on the popular Chicago P.D. series. You can see some of the Kenwood Academy High School’s acting work here. Be sure to tune in tonight to see his debut with some of Hollywood’s most popular actors!

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, spoke to WGN-AM talk show host Andrea Darlas on the upcoming “Trial of Hippocrates.” Click here to listen. Clifford, along with some of his colleagues who will be involved in the mock trial sponsored by the National Hellenic Museum, spoke for an hour Monday (2/11/2019) night about if modern-day trial techniques would change the fate of Hippocrates after he treated the King of Thebes…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be the guest of WGN-AM radio host Andrea Darlas who will be speaking to the attorneys involved in the upcoming mock trial of Hippocrates. Clifford, who once again will team up with Winston & Strawn’s Dan K. Webb, will be pitted against fellow powerhouse attorneys Patrick J. Fitzgerald and Patrick M. Collins in the Trial of Hippocrates, an event that will give a…

This post was written by Keith A. Hebeisen & Shannon M. McNulty, Partners at Clifford Law Offices. Northwestern Medicine, one of the largest hospital networks in the Chicago area, announced that patients who wish to communicate with their doctors online or utilize its digital services for appointments, test results, medication refills, and other health-care related activities will be limited to arbitration as a remedy. That means that by agreeing to be a patient of a…