With congressional approval of the Budget Act early on the morning of Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, Medicaid enrollees will again receive justice in reimbursement of liens. Medicaid is a state-based program that pays for medical costs for those with limited resources. This action by Congress reinstates the effect of a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that Medicaid cannot have a right of first recovery for full reimbursement of…
By Robert A. Clifford Partner, Clifford Law Offices, Chicago, IL Representing 21 Victims of the Amtrak Derailment Near Tacoma, Washington In the past seven weeks, Amtrak train derailments and crashes in DuPont, Washington, and Cayce, South Carolina, have killed five people and injured close to 200, causing tremendous personal suffering for family members and demonstrating the tragic consequences of decades of Amtrak and rail industry ineptitude and negligence for failing to implement National Transportation Safety…
The 24th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy will be held on April 18 and 19, at DePaul University College of Law. Patient Safety: How Might The Law Help? In 1999, the Institute of Medicine in its report, To Err Is Human made it clear that America faces a serious medical error problem, one that results in hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries each year. Recent evidence indicates that the volume…
Robert P. Walsh, Jr., partner at Clifford Law Offices, is a recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by the Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board. It is an honor bestowed on lawyers who have “achieved career longevity and demonstrated unwavering excellence in their chosen fields.” Walsh has been with Clifford Law Offices for more than a quarter of a century practicing personal injury law with a concentration on vehicular crashes. Walsh also received…
An elderly man from Nigeria visiting his family in Chicago had to spend two nights in the hospital after reportedly being injured by airline employees as he traveled Wednesday from Dubai to O’Hare Airport. The family of 72-year-old David Okesone reportedly unknowingly sat in the wrong seat on the leg of his trip on Flight EK235 from Dubai to Chicago, and his family said when he tried to move his carry-on bag to be with…
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…