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Lead Counsel of Boeing Crash in Ethiopia Says NTSB Safety Recommendations Come Too Late; Robert Clifford Concerned NTSB Safety Recommendations Are Insufficient And Don’t Include Input From Airline Pilot or Accident Victim Organizations – Looks Forward to October 30 Congressional Hearing on 737 MAX In the wake of the seven recommendations released September 26th by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the 737 MAX plane, the Lead Counsel for the families of the victims…

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson will meet with about 50 international regulators from around the world to a briefing on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 on the status of the Boeing 737 Max8 in Montreal, Canada. The meeting reportedly is scheduled to take place at 3:30 p.m. (EST) at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 800 Rue du Square-Victoria, Montreal. Just prior to this meeting, Dickson is scheduled to meet with family members from…

On September 17, 2019, Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, was named Lead Counsel in the U.S. federal district court litigation involving the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302’s Boeing 737 Max8 jet on March 10, 2019, in Ethiopia. The consolidated litigation includes 97 currently-filed individual lawsuits filed thus far in U.S. District Court in Chicago against Chicago-based Boeing and other defendants including airline parts manufacturers and aircraft designers. U.S….

Robert A. Clifford will be honored with the 2019 Distinguished Award for Excellence at the 21st Annual Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF) Gala. “Mr. Clifford’s many remarkable contributions to the legal community throughout his career have made him exceedingly worthy of the Foundation’s highest honor,” according to the IBF. The sold-out event will be held on October 18th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is part of the Gala Host Committee. For more information about the Gala,…

September 16, 2019 (Chicago, IL) – Clifford Law Offices is excited to announce a new addition to its roster of award-winning Chicago-area attorneys. John V. Kalantzis joined the firm on September 9, 2019, bringing with him more than a decade of experience in achieving justice and helping clients get the compensation they deserve when it comes to personal injury litigation. Born and raised in Chicago, Kalantzis’ prior work has focused on commercial financial matters, including commercial litigation…

Kristofer S. Riddle, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a nearly $17 million verdict on September 13, 2019 following a two-week trial in Tacoma on behalf of two injured people and the spouse of another. The trial in federal district court involving a speeding Amtrak 501 train represents the first involving the 2017 tragedy outside DuPont, Washington, that left 60 people injured and three people killed. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded in May…

Families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the March 10 Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia will hold a memorial vigil in front of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Tuesday, September 10th, 2019. The group also has invited the staffs of DOT and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as well as U.S. House and Senate Aviation Subcommittees and their staffs to attend the hour-long vigil. Supporters representing those who lost…

Keith A. Hebeisen and Sarah F. King, attorneys at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $7.4 million settlement on behalf of a young man paralyzed from the waist down following the neurosurgeon’s decision to deviate from an established spinal cyst drainage procedure without the patient’s consent. Kelvin Kakazu, 38, awoke from surgery on July 20, 2013 without feeling in his feet or legs. Video produced during discovery revealed that the neurosurgeon had cauterized and cut a…

Clifford Law Offices is sponsoring Misericordia’s 39th Annual Family Festival, which will be held on Sunday, September 8th, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Family Festival has food, live entertainment, children’s games, raffles, and more. It is a great family event. Misericordia is an organization that helps children and adults with disabilities achieve their maximum potential and independence. For more info, click here.