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Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Kevin P. Durkin, partner at the firm, spoke at the Air Law Conference sponsored by Strathmore University School of Law in Nairobi, Kenya. Clifford and Durkin spoke Friday, May 31, on various aspects of aviation litigation at the two-day conference. Clifford moderated a panel on “Strategies for Negotiating Settlements in Aviation Liability Claims.” He and Durkin also were keynote speakers on two panels:…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on aviation litigation at the Chicago Bar Association’s Eight O’Clock Call at the CBA. The event is June 6th at 8 a.m. and will be at 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago. Moderated by the Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County, the program offers .75 hours of continuing legal…

2019 marks Clifford Law Offices’ 35th anniversary in business, serving the needs of clients in Chicago and throughout the nation since 1984. For the last three and a half decades, Clifford Law Offices lawyers have been nationally recognized for their excellence and success in complicated legal matters and complex cases. Today, Clifford Law Offices is one of the premier law firms in Chicagoland, being the only law firm in Chicago to be distinguished as one…

The National Law Journal has recognized Robert A. Clifford as a 2019 National Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazer list in its third annual survey. Bob’s work has been exemplary over the years and the National Law Journal particularly recognized him for his recent $250 million RICO settlement against State Farm Insurance Company. “We are proud to spotlight a handful of individuals from each practice area that are truly agents of change,” wrote Vice President & General Manager…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be installed as a Director of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) at its Annual Installation Dinner May 30. King, serving her second term as Director, will be sworn in along with all of the other 2019-2020 officers at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. King, who also is active in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) having helped found the ITLA Women’s Caucus,…

Not everyone needs or wants to claim an injury immediately following a car accident – in Chicago, or anywhere. This is understandable. Car accidents are unexpected events that can be emotionally jarring, not to mention disruptive to everyday living. But if the crash doesn’t cause significant damage to your person, you may not feel the need to go to the doctor, let alone go through the time-consuming steps and paperwork required to claim a car…

A study by the Leapfrog Group – a nonprofit watchdog organization that assesses patient safety at acute care hospitals throughout the US – released their biannual report for Spring 2019. Illinois dropped to No. 14, one spot below last year’s report. Of the 42 Illinois hospitals assessed for patient safety, a few of them dropped to a B, thus pulling the ranking of the state down one spot. View the grades for all Illinois hospitals…

The voices’ of the parents of Samya Rose Stumo, 24, who perished in the March 10 crash of the 737 Boeing Max8 crash in Ethiopia were heard around the world. They attended the Aviation Subcommittee hearing Wednesday (March 15, 2019) of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in Washington, D.C., to ensure that the victims’ families voices would be heard. And they were very powerful in conveying that this fleet of aircraft cannot be…

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are on the scene at Ketchikan, Alaska, trying to find the cause of two planes that collided midair Monday about 1 p.m. over Alaskan waters that left six people dead and injured 10 others who were on a tour of the scenic area. The weather was said to be calm when the sightseeing planes arranged for tourists on Princess Cruises were suddenly part of the tragedy that struck. A…