Attorney Articles

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, authored a column for Chicago Lawyer Magazine on the high-profile crash of a helicopter that killed basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, including the pilot. The Terrain Awareness Warning System, often referred to as TAWS, helps pilots in foggy, low-visibility weather, which was reportedly the case on Jan. 26 when the helicopter crashed on a hillside in Calabasas, California. To read…

The National Law Journal recently honored law firms and lawyers handling cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs in practice areas ranging from mass torts to securities litigation. They named Clifford Law Offices Aviation Law Firm of the Year. The National Law Journal interviewed Bob Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, for their 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers article. In the article, Bob discusses what he believes will be the greatest challenge in the future…

Robert A. Clifford was interviewed by Lawdragon in its Lawyer Limelight series. In this interview, he talks about his deep appreciation for his legal work over the past four decades. He shares advice he gave to his daughter when she graduated from law school, his favorite law school professor and his passion for the work he does for his clients. “I come in to work every day for over 40 years as excited as I did my first day. I am very fortunate to view my work…

Tracy A. Brammeier, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, was featured in the Emerging Lawyers Magazine in an article titled Building a Reputation in Transportation Injury Plaintiff’s Law.  Tracy Brammeier joined Clifford Law Offices in 2011, and has since become an expert lawyer on transportation injuries. In 2012 she assisted in a Union Pacific derailment case, which stemmed from an incident in Glenview and settled the weekend before trial. She has also handled car and boating…

Bob Clifford wrote an article titled, “Let’s Buckle Up – Time to require seat belts in every school bus” in Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s December 2019 issue. Every year, some 480,000 school buses transport more than 25 million children to and from school, according to the American School Bus Council. Only eight states –Arkansas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Texas – have laws requiring seat belts on school buses. From 2007 to…

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…

Robert A. Clifford, Founder and Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices wrote an August 2019 column for Chicago Lawyer Magazine titled, “Suntan Motion.” In this article, Bob talks about lawsuits against companies who sell sunscreen with alleged false advertising. For example, a proposed nationwide class-action lawsuit was filed against the makers of Banana Boat sunscreen products alleging that their products do not provide the promised level of sun protection on its label. To read the…

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…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, authored an article on “Rideshare Responsibility” in the April issue of the Chicago Lawyer. Clifford, a columnist for the monthly publication, writes, “If Uber and other ridesharing companies want to play a major role in transporting people safely from place to place, then they must accept responsibility in doing so.” To read his entire column about the case of an Uber driver who negligently…