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Clifford Law Offices, based in Chicago, Illinois, is a top-ranked personal injury law firm serving victims and their families nationwide. We provide a glossary of legal terminology on our website to provide a general understanding of legal definitions in the areas in which our firm practices. Personal Injury: When a person is wrongfully injured by the negligent or intentional conduct of a wrongdoer. Our law firm practice areas include personal injury, medical malpractice, hospital negligence…

A Delta flight reportedly skidded off of a snow-filled runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Thursday, according to a report by USA Today. (“Delta Flight Veers Off Runway In Landing At LaGuardia”, March 5, 2015). The plane, which was heading to New York from Atlanta and carrying a total of 127 passengers, exited the runway before it plowed through a fence coming to rest just feet from the Flushing Bay, USA Today reported. The incident,…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, has been named to the list of 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans by Chicago Magazine.

Bradley M. Cosgrove, Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer and Partner at Clifford Law Offices, was named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the country by The National Trial Lawyers. Bradley Cosgrove, in the recent months, has had success upon several major court cases in 2014 including a record $14 million on behalf of a woman who suffered a debilitating stroke after taking Yasmin for 13 days. The National Trial Lawyers, based in Alabama, is…

February 23, 2015 Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed to the Illinois Trial Lawyers (ITLA) Board of Managers. ITLA President John D. Cooney made the announcement. ITLA is a statewide organization of trial lawyers committed to plaintiffs’ rights. Cosgrove, who has had a string of highly successful verdicts in the past year, including some of them breaking previous records, also is active in ITLA as Program Co-Chair, organizing continuing legal…

February 17, 2015 Read about Clifford Law Offices 8th Annual Continuing Legal Education Webinar 2015 “Ethics of Conflicts of Interest” here.

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, wrote an article for the American Bar Association Litigation News for which she serves as a Contributing Editor. The article that was published Feb. 11, 2015, dealt with the issue of professional liability insurance coverage involving a False Claims Act case. In a complex case to come out of Pennsylvania, the court discusses the issues of professional liability insurance coverage that was precluded even when the…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was invited to speak on “Closing Arguments” at the annual Damages Seminar sponsored by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA). Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at the firm, was the program planning co-chair of this half-day seminar held this morning, Feb. 16, 2015, Presidents’ Day and a court holiday. The program was approved for four hours of continuing legal education credit (CLE). The Hon. Elizabeth…

February 16, 2015 Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, was named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the country by the National Trial Lawyers. The National Trial Lawyers, based in Alabama, is a professional organization composed of premier trial lawyers from across the country who exemplify superior qualifications as civil plaintiff or criminal defense trial lawyers. This national organization provides networking opportunities, advocacy training and quality educational programs for trial lawyers….