Firm News

Robert P. Walsh, Jr., partner at Clifford Law Offices, on October 28, 2021, obtained a $128,622 verdict in Cook County in an automobile accident case, the third successful verdict in the last four months at the firm. The verdict comes on the heels of two previous successful verdicts, one for $1.1 million in Winnebago County and another in DuPage County for $3.35 million, both medical malpractice cases. The verdict comes following a four-day trial involving…

Crain’s Chicago Business magazine held a contest searching for the “13th Coolest Offices” in Chicago. Clifford Law Offices was chosen as one of the winners. Our Chicago personal injury law firm recently moved offices to a higher floor in the same building. The new offices, located in the Chicago financial district, were designed by architect Lucien Lagrange. “Spaces are equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Attorney offices, the conference room, the lounge and the mock trial room…

Georgetown University Law Center Professor Maria Glover has been named the annual Robert A. Clifford Scholar-in-Residence at DePaul University College of Law. A committee of leading civil justice faculty examined the work of professors nationwide who have contributed to this field and chose Glover as the national “rising star” in civil justice, and this year’s Scholar. In her role as Scholar-in-Residence, Glover will participate in classes and faculty activities within her areas of expertise, culminating…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on “Special Interrogatories” at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Update & Review Seminar on October 22, 2021. Cosgrove, who has taken many cases to record verdicts across the state, will be participating in the morning seminar that offers four hours of continuing legal education credit.  Other topics that will be covered include nursing home litigation, premises liability, mass torts and construction cases.  The…

Clifford Law Offices Filing Four More Lawsuits Against Amtrak and BNSF Rail Company in Derailment; PRESS CONFERENCE NOON (CST) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 2021: Passenger to Speak Out About His Severe Injuries Requiring Hospitalization Clifford Law Offices is filing separate lawsuits on behalf of four more injured passengers in the September 25th derailment in Montana against Amtrak and the BNSF Railway Company that owns and maintains the tracks. The Empire Builder line headed from Chicago to…

Sarah F. King and Bradley M. Cosgrove, partners at Clifford Law Offices, are presenting at the Arizona Association for Justice’s Advanced Trial Advocacy Conference. They will be speaking on The Power of Visual Persuasion on Friday, September 24th, 2021. Whether you are advocating for your client in a live trial, over a Zoom hearing or during a video evidence deposition, aggressive visual strategy is essential to success. In today’s digital world, visual advocacy is the…

The Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, presented Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Shannon M. McNulty, partner at the firm, with one of its 21st Annual Awards for Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service. The awards are given each year to recipients who have performed…

Our Offices Facilities Co-Manager, Tim Alamillo (AKA “Tubs”), is a talented artist and designer. He created a mural installation piece for the 2021 movie, Candyman. The film is a story of an artist who becomes fascinated with the urban legend of a killer. It is sequel to the first film, which took place over 25 years ago. “I am super grateful to have the opportunity to paint an original mural for the new Candyman movie,” Tim says. He…

The advice of Clifford Law Offices’ founding partner Bob Clifford titled, “Buttressing Your Rebuttal”, was revisited in Trial Magazine to celebrate the 75th-anniversary of the American Association of Justice®. Clifford’s original article ran in the Good Counsel column in August 1996 and discusses how to create an effective, offensive rebuttal that emphasizes the most powerful case components. He states that: “Your rebuttal is the last thing the jurors will hear before the judges give them…