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​Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on WGN radio (720 AM) on Thursday, June 13th 2019 on the 25th anniversary of the deaths of Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman, the criminal case against former superstar O.J. Simpson, and the $33.5 million wrongful death lawsuit that followed. ​Pete MacMurray, radio host, will be talking to Clifford about the wrongful death lawsuit filed in California by the family of Ron Goldman that…

Two families who lost loved ones in the crash of the 737 Boeing Max8 aircraft in Ethiopia on March 10 met Monday (June 10, 2019) with the heads of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The meetings are believed to be the first of their kind with victims’ families. At the request of Paul Njoroge of Canada, who lost his wife and three small children and his mother-in-law, and…

Leaders from 19 bar associations in Illinois pose with newly elected Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (fourth from right, front row) at a reception held in her honor. Clifford Law Offices Communications Partner Pamela Sakowicz Menaker and President of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago (third from right, front row) had the opportunity to speak with the Mayor at the event attended by more than 1,000 lawyers and judges.

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, is among four finalists around the country to receive the 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year by Public Justice, an organization that celebrates and recognizes the work of an attorney or team of attorneys working on behalf of individuals and groups that have suffered grave injustice or abuse. Clifford is being recognized for his work in the $250 million settlement in Hale v. State…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and Senior Partner of Clifford Law Offices, was given the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, June 7, 2019 at its 47th Annual Meeting in Chicago. This award is given annually to someone selected by a committee appointed by the ITLA president. “The recipient is someone who has devoted, as Leonard did, a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, has…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke Thursday (June 6, 2019) to a packed room on aviation litigation at the Chicago Bar Association’s Eight O’Clock Call. Moderated by the Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County, the early morning program at the CBA headquarters offered continuing legal education credit. Clifford stated he currently represents a number of families…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, wrote a column for the Chicago Lawyer on the jury trial system in America (“Trials remain relevant, as Lori Loughlin is counting on”). Clifford, who has tried dozens of cases in his 40-year career, many of them record-setting amounts, writes about how Americans still need to embrace the jury system. He talks of a study commissioned by Clifford Law Offices that found that Gen…

Sarah F. King, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, will be awarded one of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) William J. Harte Amicus Volunteer Awards for 2019. This is the third consecutive year that King has received this award. These individuals are recognized for their dedicated volunteer service and professional efforts on behalf of the ITLA Amicus Curiae Committee in preparing legal briefs before the Illinois Supreme Court and appellate courts during the past year….

Car accidents happen all the time. Our Chicago personal injury law firm believes it is important to always be prepared in case it happens to you. If you are in a car accident, you may initially feel flustered or scared, but it is important to try to remain calm and remember that this is the best time to capture information about the accident. Here is a checklist that you can place in your glove compartment…