Media Appearances

General Motors (GM) released today the results of a three-month investigation into the 2.6 million cars it manufactured with defective ignition switches that reportedly led to the deaths of at least 11 people across the country. Anton Valukas, former U.S. State’s Attorney in Chicago and now chairman of Jenner & Block in Chicago, was hired by GM to head the investigation. The question has come up as to the knowledge of GM employees of the…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, appeared last night (Thursday, May 8, 2014) on WBBM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Chicago, to talk about some trucking firms’ safety violations, a real danger on our roads. Clifford also addressed the issue of truckers’ driver fatigue and how that needs to be managed more carefully. Clifford, who has represented a number of victims of truck accidents, told Zekman, “There is a systemic problem in the…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal in the April 10, 2014 issue in an article that discussed the need for review of procedures following international plane crashes. In a story entitled, “MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 PROBE PROMPTS REVIEW OF INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES IN PLANE CRASHES,” aviation reporter Andy Pasztor, reports on air safety officials reassessing long-established procedures in large commercial jet crashes. In light of the month-long…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, talked on National Public Radio (NPR) in a story that was heard from Washington, D.C., to Florida, Dallas to San Diego on the legal ramifications of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft. In a story that aired the morning of Monday, March 31, 2014, Clifford spoke of the petition that was prematurely filed in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago by a law firm that already has…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was quoted in Sunday’s Tribune (March 30, 2014) about possible legal action involving the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. In a story by reporter Jason Meisner, the Chicago Tribune reported about a petition being filed by another Chicago law firm against Boeing Corporation, which is based in Chicago. Clifford criticized that action given that at the time of the filing, no parts of the missing…

Bob Clifford, aviation attorney and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, again was on KKSF Radio’s “Gil Gross Show” Thursday (March 20, 2014) for more than 10 minutes discussing the fire theory of the vanishing Malaysia Airlines aircraft. He then got into why asset tracking devices are needed and criticized the airline industry for not spending the money to add them. Bob said, “You’re going to see a push for those two technologies (including deployables).”…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was quoted by Associated Press reporter Scott Mayerowitz in a story that appeared March 16, 2014, entitled, “Will Missing Jet Prompt Change in Aviation System?” AP wrote, “Numerous experts have said it is time to update tracking abilities and use satellite links to provide real-time feeds on the operation of planes and conversations within the cockpit.” Clifford told AP, though, “If such information were to be…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke once again to popular radio show host Gil Gross on KKSF Radio on the latest details available Friday afternoon (March 14, 2014) on the vanishing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. For more than 10 minutes, Mr. Clifford spoke to Gil and his wife Rhoda, discussing the various theories that were being bandied about this “ever-changing story,” according to Gil. “There’s nothing off the table here,” Clifford said of the various…

Personal injury and aviation accident attorney at Clifford Law, Kevin Durkin was featured in Chicago Lawyer Magazine in an article called The Durkin 5. Of the eight Durkin brothers, five of them have become respected legal professionals in Illinois. The article talks about how the brothers grew up in Chicago’s West Side, later relocating to a house on Canterbury Street in Westchester. Their mother, a petite woman, was described by her sons as being “tough…