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Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, headed a team of lawyers who worked for the past month to keep a church shelter open in south suburban Orland Park. And they lent their legal expertise on a pro bono basis. Hope Covenant Church opened a homeless shelter one night a week for needy residents on Oct. 1 until the village sued to close it down citing various violations of village ordinances. In mid-November, Durkin…

Here at Clifford Law Offices, we constantly have one eye on the future as we serve both our local Chicago community and our nation. But every once in a while, we like to take a peek into the past to remember where we’ve been. We recently came across an article from Super Lawyer Magazine about Robert Clifford. Originally published in 2005, the article highlights Clifford’s life and career as well as his ongoing work fighting…

September 16, 2019 (Chicago, IL) – Clifford Law Offices is excited to announce a new addition to its roster of award-winning Chicago-area attorneys. John V. Kalantzis joined the firm on September 9, 2019, bringing with him more than a decade of experience in achieving justice and helping clients get the compensation they deserve when it comes to personal injury litigation. Born and raised in Chicago, Kalantzis’ prior work has focused on commercial financial matters, including commercial litigation…

Bob Clifford had the honor of meeting Justice John Paul Stevens in 2017 when he was awarded the Chicago Bar Association’s Award in Stevens’ name. In 2018, Kevin Durkin received this prestigious award. Clifford Law Offices sends its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Justice Stevens. He truly was one of the great legal minds of the century.

Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, testified Wednesday (June 19, 2019) before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee at a public hearing on proposed changes to various court rules. In particular, Hebeisen, past president in 2005-2006 of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), testified on behalf of ITLA regarding Proposed Rule 18-01 that would require statewide use of a standard HIPPA order, which is now required only in Cook County. Hebeisen testified that…

2019 marks Clifford Law Offices’ 35th anniversary in business, serving the needs of clients in Chicago and throughout the nation since 1984. For the last three and a half decades, Clifford Law Offices lawyers have been nationally recognized for their excellence and success in complicated legal matters and complex cases. Today, Clifford Law Offices is one of the premier law firms in Chicagoland, being the only law firm in Chicago to be distinguished as one…

A federal judge in Miami, Florida, will be ruling in June whether Carnival Cruise ships will be allowed to dock in U.S. ports because of alleged probation violations of the cruise line for dumping oil and garbage into the ocean. The cruise line has been on probation for two years as part of a record $40 million settlement for these violations. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz, Senior United States District Judge of the United States…

Chronicle Ganawah, an employee at Clifford Law Offices for three years in office services, guest stars on the popular NBC-TV series Chicago Fire, tonight at 8 p.m. He’s also been on the popular Chicago P.D. series. You can see some of the Kenwood Academy High School’s acting work here. Be sure to tune in tonight to see his debut with some of Hollywood’s most popular actors!

The Illinois House voted Nov. 27 to increase the cap on damages made in the Illinois Court of Claims to $2 million in a 71-36 vote overriding Governor Rauner’s veto. The Illinois Senate already had voted to override the veto, so the bill is now law. The change comes in response to the tragic deaths from Legionnaires’ disease of several Illinois residents of Veterans’ Homes. In particular, the state had been criticized for its slow…