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Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injuries Lawyers and McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law in Madrid, Spain. The Conference on International Aviation: Liability, Insurance & Finance will be held June 5-6 at Madrid’s Comillas University. Durkin, who has handled numerous aviation crash cases in his 45 years of practice, will be speaking on a panel entitled “Recent Developments in Liability of…

Shannon M. McNulty, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will speak at the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) conference on artificial intelligence in Champaign, Illinois. “Generative Artificial Intelligence—Fact or Fiction: Transforming the Legal Practice” will be held April 2-4 at the I Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First St., exploring hot topics impacting civil practice and procedure and the issues AI is creating for lawyers and judges. Shannon McNulty will be speaking on a panel…

DePaul University College of Law has announced that Andrew Hammond, an associate professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, has been named the 2025 Clifford Scholar-in-Residence. A committee of leading civil justice faculty examined the work of professors nationwide who have contributed to the field of tort law and chose Hammond as the national “rising star” in civil justice and this year’s Scholar. Professor Hammond writes and teaches in the areas of administrative law,…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, who represents several victims of the January 29 crash of an Army helicopter and American Airlines regional jet near Reagan National Airport (DCA), echoed National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy’s sentiments and said, “It should not take a tragedy that led to the loss of 67 lives to correct the safety issues that had been going on for years around Reagan National…

Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) members Courtney Berlin, associate at Clifford Law Offices; Olivia Basu, Senior Associate at Hammer Serna & Quinn LLC;  and Priya Thennarasu, Associate at Much Shelist, spearheaded a “speed networking” and wine tasting event to be held March 21. The event is designed to provide young lawyers with the opportunity to connect with experienced mentors from various fields of law. Some ISBA mentors at the event include…

Seventeen Clifford Law Offices attorneys have been named to the “2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” list, exhibiting excellence in the legal profession. Robert A. Clifford Tracy A. Brammeier Richard F. Burke, Jr. Susan A. Capra Erin Clifford Bradley M. Cosgrove Kevin P. Durkin Charles R. Haskins Keith A. Hebeisen Sarah F. King Shannon M. McNulty Joseph T. Murphy James C. Pullos Kristofer S. Riddle Hon. Henry R. Simmons (Ret.) Craig J. Squillace Robert…

On Monday, February 17, Delta Flight 4819 crashed at Toronto Pearson Airport shortly after landing on the runway. The plane, a CRJ900 aircraft, was arriving from Minneapolis when upon landing, skidded along the runway, turning on its side and then flipping upside down before coming to a halt. Videos of the crash show flames and black billowing smoke coming from the plane. All 80 people – 76 passengers and four crew members – aboard the…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke on Trial Trends: Clips & Questionnaires at the Municipal District Advisory Committee Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Room 1307 of the Daley Center. King is President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI). She is also very active in several women-related legal and community activities, including Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project, which is a collaborative effort coordinating volunteer activities to help…

Courtney A. Berlin, associate at Clifford Law Offices, joined fellow ISBA members in hosting a table at DePaul University College of Law on February 27. Berlin was among a group of Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) members who engaged with law students, providing insights on professional growth and career development. She helped educate law students about the legal profession and the valuable resources provided by the ISBA. Law students can enjoy free ISBA membership for…