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Charles Haskins’ favorite fictional legal character is lawyer and former district attorney Paul Biegler (played by James Stewart) from the movie Anatomy of a Murder. Charles’ favorite line from the movie came from Paul Biegler’s colleague, Parnell Emmett McCarthy, who drunkenly states on juries: “Twelve people go off into a room: twelve different minds, twelve different hearts, from twelve different walks of life; twelve sets of eyes, ears, shapes, and sizes. And these twelve people…

“Drones are here to stay,” Robert A. Clifford says in his July Chicago Lawyer column. In examining the law on drones, Clifford looks at what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Congress have been doing to try to control hazardous incidents involving these popular devices. To learn more, read his column here.

In the June 2018 issue of Chicago Lawyer Magazine, reporter Heather Cherone wrote a story on “The Verdict on Verdicts.” In that article, her research demonstrated that, “Despite big-dollar wins, 10 years of data show median verdict amounts are stable.” She interviewed Robert A. Clifford for the story. She wrote, “Robert A. Clifford, the founding partner of Clifford Law Offices, said any lawyer would love to have a practice where they can pick and choose…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, received one of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) William J. Harte Amicus Volunteer Awards for 2018. These individuals are recognized for their dedicated volunteer service and professional efforts on behalf of the ITLA Amicus Curiae Committee in preparing legal briefs before the Illinois Supreme Court and appellate courts during the past year. King was among five recipients of this award at the annual ITLA membership meeting…

Kevin Durkin’s favorite fictional character is lawyer Jake Brigance from Time to Kill. According to Wikipedia, “The film involves the rape of a young girl, the arrest of the rapists, their subsequent murder by the girl’s father, and the father’s trial for murder.” Durkin’s favorite quote from Jake is, “Now it is incumbent upon us lawyers not to just talk about the truth but to actually seek it, to find it, to live it.”

Tracy A. Brammeier, associate at Clifford Law Offices, was awarded the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section for her extraordinary work in the profession at the YLS Annual Meeting on Wednesday June 6, 2018. Brammeier, who recently was part of the Clifford Law legal team that received a record $35 million settlement, also was named a Top 40 Attorneys Under 40 award by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company in 2018. Brammeier pictured with CBA YLS…

Patrick F. Bradley has been practicing in the area of personal injury and wrongful death litigation since 1980. Having worked as a solo practitioner, he has achieved a level of respect among his colleagues for embracing ethical responsibilities and promoting civility in the courtroom to achieve justice for his clients. For nearly four decades, Patrick has tried cases to verdict so that his clients receive financial compensation that is fair in some very complex litigation….

Honorable Henry R. Simmons’s (Ret.) favorite fictional character is Boston Lawyer Frank Galvin from the film, The Verdict. The film is about an alcoholic lawyer who takes on a medical malpractice case to save his career, even though no one thinks he can win the case. Judge Simmons’s (Ret.) favorite line is when Frank says, “Your honor, with all due respect, if you’re going to try my case for me, I wish you wouldn’t lose…

Craig J. Squillace, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been elected to the board for the Western Springs Foundation for Educational Excellence (WSFEE). WSFEE is a group of volunteers that helps raise money through fundraisers and solicitations and then manages the distribution of those funds for the schools in School District 101. WSFEE Board member terms are three years in duration. Squillace also serves on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers. ___________ For…