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About a dozen family members who lost loved ones in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 jet in Ethiopia are expected to attend a hearing Wednesday (Dec. 11, 2019) on Capitol Hill when Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) head Stephen Dickson is expected to testify. The House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee has called the hearing at 10 a.m. to hear for the first time from the newly-appointed head of the agency that decides when the…

Richard Burke, partner at Clifford Law Offices is one of the faculty for the 9th Annual Circuit Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts on December 6th, 2019. This is the 9th year that Pincus Professional Education has put on the The Circuit Court Boot Camp. This program delves into general litigation skills and strategies as well as providing an inside look at, and advice about, litigating in Illinois Circuit Court. The event in Chicago…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, headed a team of lawyers who worked for the past month to keep a church shelter open in south suburban Orland Park. And they lent their legal expertise on a pro bono basis. Hope Covenant Church opened a homeless shelter one night a week for needy residents on Oct. 1 until the village sued to close it down citing various violations of village ordinances. In mid-November, Durkin…

Sarah F. King, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, is part of an all-star panel to speak at the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s Women in Law conference Dec. 5. The keynote speaker at the event is Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. King is among a panel of “Women ‘Trialblazers’” who will address litigating major cases. She was among the trial team that recently obtained a record $101 million verdict for a baby who was brain damaged at…

CBS2-Chicago reported that yet another light pole in Chicago went down, blocking three lanes of traffic on Lake Shore Drive on what was one of the busiest holiday traffic days of the year – November 27th, 2019 – the day before Thanksgiving. Although winds gusted off the lake in what is known as the Windy City, Tara Molina reported that a light pole buckled over and fell right into the middle of southbound traffic heading…

Missa Bay, LLC is recalling over 75,000 pounds of salad products in 22 states, including Illinois, because it may be contaminated with E. coli. O157:H7. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said that salad products from Missa Bay produced between October 14, 2019 and October 16, 2019 are subject to the recall. They bear the establishment number “EST. 18502B” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The recall includes ready-made salads…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, wrote an article for The Chicago Bar Association’s CBA Record. She writes about the 2019 Justice John Paul Stevens Award. As a testament to the “greatest justice in our lifetime” who hails from Chicago, the 20th Annual CBA Justice John Paul Stevens Award carried on in his honor following his death July 16 at the age of 99. Menaker is also a member of CBA Record’s…

Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Annual Medical Malpractice Seminar on Dec. 6 in Chicago. Hebeisen will be speaking on, “Causation in Birth Injury Cases.” Hebeisen was the lead lawyer on the Clifford Law Offices trial team who recently obtained a record $101 million verdict in Cook County on behalf of a baby who sustained severe brain injuries at birth. Hebeisen…

A woman walking in Chicago’s Loop was struck by a street pole that suddenly fell on her as she walked on the sidewalk near the State of Illinois Building. Paramedics were called to what is known as the Thompson Center at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, to give aid to a woman lying on the sidewalk. They then rushed her to Northwestern Hospital after she was struck by a light pole that apparently collapsed from…