Awards & Recognitions

A packed room watched at the Palmer House in Chicago as Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, and his wife Joan accepted the Distinguished Service Award from the Lawyers for the Creative Arts (LCA). The couple received the Award for their involvement and philanthropic contributions to the arts in Chicago, particularly the Goodman Theatre where Joan served as President of the Board for three years, and for their sustained work…

ABC-TV in Chicago (WLS) features a weekly report on a Chicago area high school. This week’s selection was Marist High School on Chicago’s South Side in the Mt. Greenwood neighborhood, alma mater of Robert A. Clifford, founding and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices. Clifford, who graduated from the high school in 1969, is part of WLS’ Friday Flyover that features fun facts about the school that opened 55 years ago. In addition to Clifford,…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, and his wife Joan will be honored at a luncheon for their work in promoting the arts in Chicago. Lawyers for the Creative Arts (LCA) will be honoring the couple at a luncheon Nov. 1 at the Palmer House Hilton at its 2018 Benefit Luncheon recognizing their long history of board service volunteer work and philanthropy for the arts. Bob and Joan are tremendous…

Both Shannon McNulty and James Pullos have been appointed to Public Justice’s Class Action Preservation Project (CAPP) committee. According to the Public Justice website, “Our Class Action Preservation Project (CAPP) Committee is an exclusive, premier group of class action experts who share ideas, strategy and information about class litigation and efforts to preserve access to the courts. Class action lawsuits are a powerful legal device. Properly used, they are often the only way to achieve…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is among the honorees to receive the Chicago Bar Association/Chicago Bar Foundation’s 19th Annual Justice John Paul Stevens Award. He, along with eight other legal luminaries, will be honored at the 2018 annual luncheon Sept. 27 at the Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago. Those who are selected by their peers are recognized for demonstrating extraordinary integrity and service to the community throughout their careers. Durkin,…

Nine attorneys from Clifford Law Offices have been recognized in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America list. Robert A. Clifford – Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, Qui Tam Law Richard F. Burke – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Bradley M. Cosgrove – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs Kevin P. Durkin – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs,…

Robert A. Clifford was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Plaintiffs in the Chicago area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. According to Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year”…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, along with Patrick Fitzgerald of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Zachary Fardon, Managing Partner at King & Spalding, and Emily Nicklin of Kirkland & Ellis, have been selected as co-chairs of the 200th Anniversary Fundraising Committee of the Northern District of Illinois. Sponsored by the not-for-profit Northern District of Illinois Court Historical Association, the festivities are expected to take place in March, 2019,…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, received one of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) William J. Harte Amicus Volunteer Awards for 2018. 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. King was among five recipients of this award at the annual ITLA membership meeting…