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Robert A. Clifford, nationally renowned trial attorney in Chicago, spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal about the injured security guard who is being housed by the Mandalay Bay hotel following the Oct. 1 shooting at a country music festival. Investigators reportedly are investigating the knowledge of hotel executives and security staff after a security guard on the hotel premises reportedly was shot in the leg by the gunman that killed 58 and injured another 489…

Robert A. Clifford is a proud supporter of the Civil Justice Research Institute at the University Of California, Irvine School of Law. Bob is one of the founders of the Institute. The Civil Justice Research Institute explores, through interdisciplinary, academically-based and independent research, how the civil justice system can be made more available to everyone seeking relief.

Lawyers from Clifford Law Offices have been named to Leading Lawyer’s “Leading Personal Injury Plaintiff’s Lawyers” list. These lawyers have been recommended by their peers to be among the top lawyers in Illinois: Richard F. Burke, Jr. Robert P. Walsh, Jr. Robert A. Clifford Kevin P. Durkin Susan A. Capra Keith A. Hebeisen Shannon M. McNulty Seven attorneys from Clifford Law Offices have been named 2017 Emerging Lawyers by the Leading Lawyers organization. They’ve been…

Charles R. Haskins, associate at Clifford Law Offices and Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Tort Litigation Committee, will be moderating a program on Trial Preparation and Presentation at the CBA. The program will be presented 3-6 p.m. Wed., Nov. 1, and will cover 12 topics on various issues from pre-trial and client preparation to appellate issues. It offers 2.75 hours of Illinois continuing legal education credit. Haskins was on the trial team…

Robert Clifford, Kevin Durkin and Robert Walsh have been named to the 2017 list of Irish Legal 100, a group of “the most distinguished legal professionals in the United States who share one common bond: pride in their Irish roots,” according to the organization. It was founded in 2008 by the Irish Voice newspaper in New York. The list includes attorneys, legal schools and members of the judiciary who have distinguished themselves in their profession…

As the nation continues to mourn with those who were killed and the injured following the senseless shooting in Las Vegas at a country music concert, we here at Clifford Law Offices are working to try to find you answers. Questions have been raised about hotel security on the strip at Las Vegas. How could a man go for days without having his room be checked on? How was he able to get such a…

Clifford Law Offices, a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death law firm based in Chicago, wants to help find answers for the victims of the nation’s most deadly shooting in recent history. The attorneys at Clifford Law Offices have a wealth of experience representing victims of violence, having represented a number of people who were injured or killed in the tragic E2 nightclub stampede that occurred on Chicago’s South Side in 2003. There, a…

For weeks we have seen news accounts of the devastation in Puerto Rico following deadly Hurricane Maria as well as the horrific earthquake suffered in Mexico that left hundreds dead. We as lawyers must come together to try to do something. If we can’t make it down to those areas to help them, we can help with our financial support so that the basic needs of these people can be met. Please do all that…

Clifford Law Offices will be one of the sponsors for the Illinois Bar Foundation’s 19th Annual Gala on Friday, October 27th, 2017. Bob Clifford is one of the Honorary Gala Co-Chairs. The event will honor U.S. Senator for Illinois, Dick Durbin, who will be receiving the 2017 Distinguished Award for Excellence. To learn more about the event, click here.