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Clifford Law Offices today (Oct. 4, 2016) filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trucking company and its driver who struck and killed a bicyclist near Damen and Addison last week. Anastasia Kondrasheva, a 23-year-old recent Loyola graduate, was biking to work the morning of Sept. 26 when a truck driver struck her as he made a right-hand turn onto a street marked for bicycle sharing. Ekaterina Kondrasheva, mother of Anastasia, filed the lawsuit in…

Clifford Law Offices, a long-time sponsor of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan, is an Academic Sponsor of its “el-e-vate” fundraising event Oct. 22. The academic sponsorship level is the equivalent to the cost of educating one student at the private school for a year. Clifford Law Offices has not only sponsored a student every year for more than a decade but also hires five students each semester part-time and, later, even as…

When you work with Clifford Law Offices: You always have an experienced lawyer on your case You receive responsive communication We are known for our long history of obtaining significant results We have a network of the world’s foremost experts in various areas of law You are treated like family Our dedication and hard work have led to many favorable outcomes over the past 30 years. We have obtained more than $5 billion on behalf…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been named to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Executive Committee. Durkin has been active a number of years with the Memorial Foundation that gives back to the community in many ways including helping families of fallen and injured Chicago police officers. Durkin also sponsors a team every year in the Chicago Police Memorial “Run to Remember,” a 5K race that is its major fundraiser. Durkin has…

An Illinois federal judge late Friday (Sept. 16, 2016) granted class certification to plaintiffs representing 4.7 million State Farm policyholders involved in a complex Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) regarding an alleged scheme involving campaign contributions being poured into an Illinois Supreme Court justice’s race to influence the reversal of a $1.05 billion decision. If successful, that could result in a more than $7.6 billion payout from State Farm for the class given…

  In recent years, some women who used talcum powder as part of their daily routine have developed ovarian cancer. Presently, more than 1000 women and surviving family members have filed suit against Johnson & Johnson, the makers of Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower. In 2016, juries in Missouri ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million and $55 million respectively in cases involving long-time talc users who developed ovarian cancer. A new…

Clifford Law Offices congratulates Robert A. Clifford on his longstanding recognition as a Who’s Who in Crain’s Chicago Business. It is a well-deserved honor for a nationally respected lawyer and community leader dedicated to the good of all of Chicago.

2016 marks Bob Clifford’s 40th anniversary as a Chicago lawyer. Throughout his career as a top personal injury lawyer, his settlements for clients have made major headlines, earning as much as a $1.2 billion settlement for one case alone. He has also earned recognition including being listed in Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, since 1993. He has been selected to Super Lawyers since 2005- being listed consecutively…

No sooner than the CEO of the maker of the EpiPen allergy medication aggressively defends the price of the drug, than the company announces that it will have available in just a few weeks a generic version of the drug at half the price. This sudden turnaround raised many to question how this could be accomplished in such a record time given that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) generally works in years in approving drugs….