Community Involvement

Robert A. Clifford and Clifford Law Offices are longtime supporters of the Camillus House, a nonprofit organization providing housing assistance, treatment assistance, and other specialized services and resources to underprivileged and homeless individuals and families in South Florida. As Founding Trustee sponsors, Bob and his wife, Joan, are proud supporters of the mission of the Camillus House and have contributed to the organization’s fundraising efforts over the years. Their support continues in 2024 with their…

Clifford Law Offices was proud to sponsor Kerfuffle!, the annual benefit event supporting the Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts). The fundraising event took place on May 2, 2024, at Morgan Manufacturing. Kerfuffle! featured performances by the next generation of writers, dancers, musicians, actors, and artists, showcasing the talents of hundreds of scholar-artists from across Chicago. All proceeds from the event directly support ChiArts’ dance, creative writing, music, theater, and visual arts conservatories. As…

Nationally renowned attorneys argued the ancient Greek case regarding voting rights, including Katerina Alexopoulos (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Patrick M. Collins (King & Spalding), Tinos Diamantatos (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius), Sarah F. King (Clifford Law Offices), James C. Pullos (Clifford Law Offices) and Patrick A. Salvi II (Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard) Judges include Ret. Circuit Court Judge Anna H. Demacopoulos, Circuit Court Judge Anthony C. Kyriakopoulos, and U.S. District Court Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins…

On April 10, Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined the Rufus Williams Show on WVON (1690 AM) morning radio to speak about the upcoming mock Trial of Pericles, an event sponsored by the National Hellenic Museum. She was joined by Patrick Collins of King & Spaulding LLC whom she will be squaring off against in the mock trial on April 17 at the Harris Theater. King and James C. Pullos, partner at…

Clifford Law Offices was a Bar Sponsor of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois’ (WBAI) 25th Annual Judicial Reception. The event took place Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at The Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, IL. Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, currently serves as the WBAI’s First Vice President. She is involved in numerous bar association activities and will be sworn in as the association’s President in June 2024. The WBAI was established…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined women lawyers in the Illinois capital on March 5, 2024, for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Women’s Caucus Lobbying Day. The attorneys met with Speaker Welch, Leader Hoffman, and Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, among other elected officials. Co-founded by King in 2018, the primary goal of the ITLA caucus is to ensure women have greater representation in the organization generally as well as in leadership positions,…

Four Clifford Law Offices attorneys joined the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition as judges in the 2024 Regional Tournament. One hundred sixty teams from law schools nationwide competed for the Student Trial Advocacy national title in a mock trial tournament that tests their trial advocacy skills. The competition began with Regional Tournaments taking place virtually March 7-10. Teams selected for The National Finals will compete in person April 4-7 in Chicago….

The National Hellenic Museum’s popular Trial series returns with The Trial of Pericles Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 7 p.m. at the Harris Theater Nationally renowned attorneys take on an ancient Greek case regarding Pericles, the great hero of Athenian democracy The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) presents the next installation of its popular Trial series—which demonstrates the enduring relevance of ancient disputes and supports the mission of the museum—with The Trial of Pericles on Wednesday,…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness. The Committee, created by the Court in 1971 under Rule 708, reviews applications of those seeking Illinois law licenses to determine whether each person “demonstrates whether each applicant presently possesses good moral character and general fitness for admission to the practice of law.” King, who will be sworn in as…