Awards & Recognitions

Bradley Cosgove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, obtained the #1 verdict in Illinois in 2014, according to the National Law Journal.

Judge Henry Simmons (Ret.), Managing Partner at Clifford Law, received the John Powers Crowley Award for Judge of the Year by the Lawyers Assistance Program.

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, for the fifth consecutive year, announce the 2015 “Best Law Firms” rankings and Clifford Law Offices of Chicago ranked a Tier 1 in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation and Plaintiffs’ Product Liability Litigation. It ranked a Tier 2 in the area of Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Law. Firms included in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive…

Judge Henry R. Simmons (Ret.), Managing Partner at Clifford Law Offices, is going to honored by the Lawyers’ Assistance Program (LAP) for his outstanding contribution to the goals and mission of the organization, especially his work with leading intervention teams. The Illinois State Bar Association, of which he is a member, reported on the event scheduled in November. To read more about it, click here.

America’s Elite Trial Lawyers September 11, 2014 Clifford Law Offices is proud to announce that it was named among The National Law Journal’s inaugural list of “America’s Elite Trial Lawyers.” In naming the top 50 plaintiffs’ firms in the country, The National Law Journal wrote that it wanted to recognize the efforts of trial lawyers who worked in the past year to obtain verdicts yielding more than $10 billion in recoveries. “The National Law Journal…

June 30, 2014 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed by the President of the American Bar Association (ABA) to Chair a newly-created task force that will deal with policies, strategies and tactics for the recruitment and retention of new members. James R. Silkenat, ABA President from New York, appointed Clifford as Chair of the Task Force to Examine Association Policies Impacting Recruitment and Retention of Law Students and Young…

May 14, 2014 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, received the 2014 American Inns of Court Foundation Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit Monday night at the Radisson Blu hotel in Chicago to a packed crowd of more than 500 lawyers and judges. Clifford, who was President of the Chicago Inn of Court from 1994-95, was presented with the award at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference by Seventh Circuit Judge Joel Flaum….

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…