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Several passengers have retained Clifford Law Offices after suffering severe post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a United Airlines flight that experienced a fiery engine loss while traveling from Denver to Hawaii on February 20. UA Flight 328 Boeing 777-200 was in route to Honolulu when four minutes after takeoff an explosion occurred, and the right engine was engulfed in flames. Pilots were forced to turn back to Denver as passengers witnessed the plane on fire…

Erin E. Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is Co-Chair of the annual Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Spring Awards Celebration to be held virtually Thursday, April 29. She also serves as President of its Board. Clifford, along with Board Vice President and co-chair Brian Monico of Hale and Monico, will host the evening that is a fundraiser to promote mentoring and tutoring programs supporting Chicago youth. For more than 25 years, Lend-A-Hand has been awarding…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, was profiled as the Advocate of the Month in April by the Advocates Society, the Association of Polish-American Attorneys, in Chicago. She has been a member of the Advocates Society for more than a decade and is currently on the Board of Directors as well as the PR/Newsletter Committee. “The purpose of the Society is to promote the welfare of its members; establish and maintain proper…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) annual Trial and Practice Tips Webinar. The program will be held 10 a.m.-noon May 4 and May 6.  Registration for each session is separate. Continuing legal education credit is offered. A number of attorneys will be presenting various topics pertinent to trial practice and includes Jayne Reardon, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism,…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, who handles complex medical malpractice cases, co-moderated a program titled Motion Practice in Cook County Circuit Court’s Law Division for the Chicago Bar Association. She shared highlights from the Zoom presentation in her article, “Tips to Succeed at Motion Practice in the Law Division.” The article addresses the question, “what is expected from practitioners appearing in the Division, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic?” King outlined tips from…

Any car accident is a high-stress, overwhelming experience for those involved. But sometimes it is impossible to avoid an accident. As an average U.S. adult, you are likely to be in three to four car accidents during your lifetime, regardless of whether the crash is your fault or not. So, it’s a good idea to know exactly what steps to take in the aftermath. Talking to your insurance company is a part of this process….

An Illinois Appellate Court on Tuesday, March 16th, 2021, held that a young woman hit in the face and injured by a foul ball at Wrigley Field may move forward with her civil lawsuit for damages and is not limited to arbitration against Major League Baseball. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Fitzgerald Smith, the appellate court affirmed the decision of the trial court that “the arbitration provision was effectively ‘hidden in a maze…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Annual Ethics Seminar April 15. Her topic during the two-hour presentation is “Discovery Sanctions.” The Ethics Webinar will be held over two mornings, 10 a.m. to noon, April 13 and 15, featuring a number of speakers including the Hon. John Ehrlich of the Cook County Circuit Court Motion Section who will offer a judicial perspective and Melissa Smart,…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to mentor a student affiliated with the Diversity Scholarship Foundation (DSF), a not-for profit organization established by a small group of judges and lawyers committed to the ideal that diverse law school student bodies are a means of ensuring further diversification in the legal community. Menaker, who has been assigned a student from Kent Law School, has been with Clifford Law Offices for…