Awards & Recognitions

This past March, Robert A. Clifford was recognized as one of Chicago Magazine’s Top 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans for 2014. The third annual “The Power 100″ list ranks based on influence, ability, and clout; Clifford placed #76. This recognition appeared in the March 2014 issue of Chicago Magazine and marks the second time in a row he has been acknowledged as one of the most powerful Chicagoans. According to Chicago Magazine, in order to be…

April 30, 2014 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will receive the 2014 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit. Clifford, who was President of the Chicago Inn of Court from 1994-95, will be presented with the award at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference in Chicago on May 12. He was selected from a national panel of members of the American Inns of Court Awards Committee that included Justices…

March 28, 2014 Martindale-Hubbell has announced that Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, is among Chicago’s Top Rated Lawyers of 2014. Five other partners at the firm also have achieved that status. This highly competitive award means that he has an AV Preeminent rating, which is the highest rating given by the peer review group. Martindale-Hubbell “helps buyers of legal services to identify, evaluate and select the most appropriate lawyer for a…

Chicago Magazine produces an annual list of 100 people with the most influence and power in the city, and Robert A. Clifford is on that list again for 2014. Moving up a spot from last year to 76th place on this prestigious list that includes a U.S. Senator, venture capitalist billionaires and, of course, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s mayor. To read the full list, click here.

Robert Clifford, senior and founding partner of Clifford Law Offices in downtown Chicago, was named the Number One attorney in the state of Illinois for the sixth year in a row by Illinois Super Lawyers. The annual list of Illinois’ Top Ten attorneys, as nominated by their peers, was first created and published by the third-party research group Super Lawyers in 2005. Mr. Clifford has been in the Top Ten, actually the Top Three, for…

January 10, 2014 Clifford Law Offices of Chicago, IL has been honored with a recognition by U.S. News & World Report in its selection of “Best Law Firms 2014 – Illinois.” Chicago, IL (PR Newswire) December 21, 2013– Announcing a special recognition appearing in the November, 2013 issue of U.S. News & World Report published by U.S. News & World Report, Inc.. Clifford Law Offices was selected for the following honor: “Best Law Firms 2014…

December 17, 2013 Sarah King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed Fundraising Chair of Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project (“WE”). King also serves on the project’s planning committee as the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association delegate. WE is a non-profit organization established by several women’s bar groups to address the needs of Illinois’ women and children who have suffered domestic abuse or are struggling to overcome multiple challenges in order to become financially…

December 5, 2013 Clifford Law Offices, nationally renowned personal injury and wrongful death law firm, was inducted Wednesday (Dec. 4, 2013) into The National Law Journal’s Hot List Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at the firm, accepted the award at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel. Clifford Law Offices was among 40 firms inducted with an Honorable Mention to the Hot List Hall of Fame for its continued success over the years….

December 4, 2013 Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA). A long-time member of the organization, Durkin has been very active in this statewide association and has held many positions including sitting on its Board of Managers. This latest appointment is one that has been held previously by fellow partners Robert A. Clifford and Keith A. Hebeisen, also both ITLA…