Awards & Recognitions

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been named to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Executive Committee. Durkin has been active a number of years with the Memorial Foundation that gives back to the community in many ways including helping families of fallen and injured Chicago police officers. Durkin also sponsors a team every year in the Chicago Police Memorial “Run to Remember,” a 5K race that is its major fundraiser. Durkin has…

Clifford Law Offices congratulates Robert A. Clifford on his longstanding recognition as a Who’s Who in Crain’s Chicago Business. It is a well-deserved honor for a nationally respected lawyer and community leader dedicated to the good of all of Chicago.

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed to serve as Chair of the American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education that supports more than 200 public service and educational programs throughout the world. Clifford also was appointed to as a Board Member to the Advocacy Institute, a national group that gives law students the opportunity to develop and practice their advocacy skills through the guidance of distinguished…

Tracy A. Brammeier, Associate at Clifford Law Offices, recently was appointed as a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Board of Managers. Brammeier, who is very active in several community organizations, is a recent graduate of Loyola University School of Law. She will serve with a number of plaintiffs’ lawyers in serving on the 92-member governing body of ITLA, of which Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of the firm, served as…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, recently was elected to the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Board of Governors. She then was appointed to be the Liaison ISBA Board member to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), Marking and Membership, and Human Rights committees. She remains a member of the ISBA Editorial Board Journal. She is pictured here (center) with a number of ISBA leaders as well as (to her right)…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been named to a two-year term on the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA). Menaker, who currently serves on the CBA’s Judicial Evaluation Committee, Public Affairs Committee and CBA Record Editorial Board, was chosen as one of eight members of the new Board. A CBA Nominating Committee selected 16 lawyers and judges vying for the eight positions. Also among those selected were…

An independent research study done by several respected law schools rated Clifford Law Offices #2 out of 1317 law firms in Illinois between 2000 and 2010. Its 1st Tier firm ranking is the top 1.7% of the most successful med mal firms in Illinois, judged by total recovery. Only 22 firms made the 1st Tier. In the 1st Tier group, Clifford Law Offices had the highest cases per year and the eighth highest success rate…

Clifford Law Offices has been selected by U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers as a 2016 “Best Law Firm” in six legal categories. Both U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers ranked more than 12,000 firms in the United States. According to the bestlawfirms.usnews.com website, “The U.S.News – Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review…

Clifford Law Offices prides itself on tackling complex cases to the very end. The firm devotes 100 percent of its litigation resources to plaintiffs’ work, evidenced by its notable verdicts – some of them record setting – in a variety of tort practice areas. Clifford Law Offices was named one of the National Law Journal’s Top 50 “America’s Elite Trial Lawyers” in the country in 2014, the only Chicago law firm to be awarded this…