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“The Opioid Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?” is the topic of the 2020 Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy at DePaul University College of Law. Academics from around the country will gather for the two-day program to discuss how the multi-district litigation process works with mass torts and solutions including public nuisance and criminal sanctions. The topic is particularly timely given the coronavirus that impacts world health issues and how…

Erin Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on “Real Solutions to Attorney Wellness: Stress in the Legal Profession” before the First Municipal Advisory Committee at the monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The program will be held at the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington St., Room 1307, Chicago. Clifford will offer real solutions on how to help attorneys thrive personally and professionally amid levels of stress, anxiety, fatigue, and…

On March 10, 2019, 157 people died in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. The families of those 157 people are consumed by grief, and attorney Bob Clifford wants to make the aviation giant pay for their pain. Bob Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was featured in “The Man Who’s Taking on Boeing” in Chicago Magazine. Click here to read the  print version. Clifford, along with ten other Clifford Law…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices will be participating in the National Hellenic Museum’s Mock Trial on March 5th, 2020. The mock trial titled, The NHM Trial of Helen of Troy, involves a debate by respected attorneys and the opinions of notable judges and jurors. Attendees will be able to vote guilty or not guilty. The following attorneys will form teams for the prosecution: Robert A. Clifford Pamela Stratigakis Dan K. Webb…

Our Offices Facilities Co-Manager, Tim Alamillo (AKA “Tubs”) is a talented artist and designer. He teamed up with Chicago Bulls to create his own Artist Series hat for their annual BMO Artist Hat Series giveaway. His hat design will be released at the Bulls game on February 25th, 2020. Tubs is a Calligraffiti artist who has over fifteen years of experience. He has painted and exhibited murals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami as well as in…

CHICAGO, IL (February 2020) – Sarah F. King has been named Partner at Clifford Law Offices, a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death law firm in Chicago. King, who has been at the firm since 2011, has earned many significant verdicts and settlements particularly in the medical malpractice arena on behalf of women and children. Most recently, King was on the medical malpractice team of lawyers that obtained a record $101 million verdict on…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on the topic of the Boeing 737 MAX Litigation at the 54th Annual SMU Air Law Symposium, on April 1, 2020. Durkin has been involved in nearly every major commercial airline crash of the last four decades, often serving as lead counsel. With his experience and success as an aviation accident attorney, he served for four years as the Co-Chair of the Aviation Committee…

Parents, take note. Around 14,000 Infantino baby carriers have been recalled due to a buckle on the product that can break and result in the child falling out, according to a report from CNN. The recall applies to Infantino’s Go Forward 4-in-1 Evolved Ergonomic, Flip Front2back, and Up Close Newborn infant carriers. These carriers were widely sold at Target and Amazon from November 15 to December 20, 2019. Four specific Infantino carriers were named as…

Clifford Law Offices is sponsoring ChiArts’ annual benefit: Kerfuffle!- “The Greatest Commotion of Creativity” on March 11, 2020 from 6:00-9:30pm. Erin Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is on the Board of Directors at The Chicago High School for the Arts. They are celebrating 10 years of tuition-free arts education. Their mission is to “develop the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum….