Awards & Recognitions

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…

Here is a recap the Newsletter from Clifford Law Offices, P.C. Winter, 2015 Volume 19 Number 2 edition: Clifford’s Corner Robert Clifford was named the top Best Lawyers in the Chicago metropolitan area in Plaintiffs’ Mass Tort/Class Actions in 2015. Clifford also was once again named one of the 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans. Clifford Law Offices’ Press Room Best Lawyers named the following lawyers at the firm to its 2016 list in various practice areas:…

Best Lawyers named the following lawyers at the firm to its 2016 list in various practice areas: Robert Clifford: personal injury/product liability/mass tort/commercial litigation/qui tam Keith Hebeisen: personal injury/medical malpractice Kevin Durkin: personal injury/aviation law/product liability Shannon McNulty: mass tort/class action/product liability Richard F. Burke: aviation law/personal injury Susan Capra: medical malpractice Bradley Cosgrove: medical malpractice Hon. Henry Simmons (Ret.): personal injury

Kevin P. Durkin received an award for Trial Lawyer Excellence presented by John Kirkton of the Jury Verdict Reporter, a division of the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. It is for his work involving the highest reported verdict in Carroll County, Illinois, of $16 million involving the death of two teenagers in a tragic grain elevator incident. The National Trial Lawyers of America reported on this record verdict and can be viewed here.

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was given the Award of Honor by the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation at its Fourth Annual Valor Luncheon yesterday at a very touching ceremony filled with Chicago’s finest (Oct. 14, 2015). Clifford, a nationally recognized personal injury and consumer litigation attorney in Chicago, has been a supporter of the Foundation since its inception with former Chicago Police Supt. Philip J. Cline, who was in…

Sarah King receiving her 40 Under Forty Award. Clifford Law Offices associate, Sarah F. King was named a Top “40 Under Forty” Lawyer this year. She received her award recently in the presence of two colleagues, Brad Cosgrove and Keith Hebeisen at a ceremony that took place in Chicago, Illinois. The “40 Under Forty” honor is awarded to 40 young attorneys who have achieved success at an early age. The 40 Under Forty committee at the Chicago…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be given the Award of Honor by the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation at it’s Fourth Annual Valor Luncheon Oct. 14. Clifford, a nationally recognized personal injury and consumer litigation attorney in Chicago, has been a supporter of the Foundation for years. The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation recognizes exceptional police work and service to the community by presenting the Award of Valor and the…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, was named once again to Who’s Who in Chicago by Crain’s Chicago Business. Every year, the business magazine publishes a list of the top business people in Chicago. This year the 2015 list includes 542 people in business, government and other decision makers who make an impact on the city and beyond. From Fortune 500 CEO’s to philanthropists to civic leaders, they are the…