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Tracy A. Brammeier’s favorite fictional law character is Alicia Florrick from the former CBS series, The Good Wife. The character, played by actress Julianna Margulies, is the wife of the Cook County State’s Attorney, who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband arise. “She is determined, unafraid, and always looking ahead,” Tracy says. Tracy’s favorite quote from Alicia Florrick is, “Oh yes,…

Dr. Kenneth Chessick’s favorite fictional character is Atticus Finch, the lawyer from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Dr. Chessick is Of Counsel to Clifford Law Offices. “Atticus Finch felt the need to stand up for justice against impossible odds because it was the right thing to do,” says Dr. Chessick. “He’s a great role model for all lawyers.”

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, and Dan Webb, Chairman and partner at Winston & Strawn, will take on their two legal “rivals,” Patrick Fitzgerald and Patrick Collins who will prosecute the case of Megacles, leader of Athens in National Hellenic Museum’s Mock Trial on March 1st, 2018. Fitzgerald, of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, served for 10 years as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Collins, of…

Although sexual harassment apparently has long been a part of American life, the pervasiveness and long-term impact on women in particular became apparent in 2017, the year of #MeToo. The Golden Globe Awards in January solidified that this movement is creating change. The stirring speech of Oprah Winfrey at this awards show watched by some 20 million people around the world left no doubt about that – “What I know for sure is that speaking…

Clifford Law Offices, an accredited continuing legal education provider, is presenting a free webinar, “The Changing Ethical Landscape of Litigation,” on Thursday, February 15th from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of the firm, will serve as moderator of the two-hour program that has been approved for two hours of professional responsibility credit by the MCLE Board. Joining him will be panelists Robert Burns, Professor of Ethics, Northwestern University School of Law;…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Blockbuster18 seminar in Denver. Blockbuster features two days of “nationally recognized experts” sharing new ideas, tactics and techniques to win cases. Cosgrove, who has achieved many record verdicts and settlements, will be speaking Friday morning, Jan. 19, on “Dealing with Defense Experts” at the Double Tree by Hilton. To register for the program online or to…

Clifford Law Offices, a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death law firm based in Chicago, filed a lawsuit on Thursday, January 4th, 2017 in conjunction with the Luvera Law Firm in Seattle on behalf of an individual who was a passenger in a vehicle on Interstate 5 below in last month’s Amtrak derailment in Washington. Clifford Law Offices and the Luvera Law Firm yesterday filed the first passenger lawsuit on behalf of a victim…

Clifford Law Offices, a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death law firm based in Chicago, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2017 in conjunction with the Luvera Law Firm in Seattle on behalf of an injured individual in last month’s Amtrak derailment in Washington. This is the first of many lawsuits that will be filed arising out of this tragic incident. Clifford Law Offices and the Luvera Law Firm have currently been retained…

Clifford Law Offices, on behalf of several victims of the recent Amtrak derailment near Tacoma, Washington, who have retained the firm, has hired experts who are looking into early reports released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB has a go-to team that is dispatched to review the scene and those involved in an effort to determine the probable cause of the tragic incident that occurred Monday (Dec. 18, 2017). Its office has…