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Two downstate Illinois state representatives are working to create a Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force in the wake of the deadly structural collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville during a tornado in December 2021. Reps. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) and Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) are working to create a task force “aimed at developing recommendations to make similar workplaces safer moving forward,” according to a press release they jointly released yesterday. Six people were killed when…

CHICAGO, IL (January 24, 2023) – Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, along with Bradley M. Cosgrove, Kevin P. Durkin, Keith A. Hebeisen, and Shannon M. McNulty, partners at Clifford Law Offices, have been named to the Top 100: 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list by Super Lawyers®. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a…

CHICAGO, IL (January 24, 2023) – Shannon M. McNulty, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been ranked among the top 50 women lawyers in the state of Illinois by Super Lawyers® “2023 Illinois Top 50 Women List.” Ms. Mcnulty has been recognized by Super Lawyers for her excellence in law for the past eight years. Super Lawyers®, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who…

CHICAGO, IL (January 24, 2023) – Sixteen attorneys from Clifford Law Offices have been selected to the 2023 Super Lawyers List. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates,…

CHICAGO, IL (January 24, 2023) – Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, has been ranked the #1 lawyer in the state of Illinois by Super Lawyers® “Top 10: 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers List.” Mr. Clifford has been named to the Top 10 Super Lawyers® list every year for the past 18 years, since its inception in 2005. Super Lawyers®, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from…

Clifford Law Offices will be filing a lawsuit Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, on behalf of the Shambrook family for the death of their three-year-old girl who died while they were biking on a residential street in a bike lane in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Elizabeth Grace “Lily” Shambrook was killed in June when she was bike riding with her dad and mom who were forced into the traffic lane by a Commonwealth Edison (COMED) truck that…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, has been inducted into the 2023 class of the Lawdragon Hall of Fame. Founded in 2015, the Lawdragon Hall of Fame celebrates individuals who have dedicated themselves to the legal profession to inspire a better future. Clifford Law Offices is internationally recognized for its excellence and dedication to serving clients in complex legal matters. This plaintiffs’ trial firm specializes in personal injury, medical malpractice,…

A Hawaiian Airlines flight that apparently flew into a turbulent storm over the Pacific severely injuring at least 11 people could have avoided the incident had proper precautions been taken. “In an area with known turbulence and with three flights reportedly already having been diverted earlier that day, the pilots were aware of the dangerous conditions over the ocean and should have taken every precaution to avoid the turbulent area,” said Robert A. Clifford, founder…

The Shambrook family reacted to a Chicago City Council ordinance passed Wednesday, December 14, 2022, that would allow for more signage when construction work blocks bicycle lanes across the city. But such a move is too late for little three-year-old Elizabeth Grace “Lily” Shambrook who was killed in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood in June when she was bike riding with her dad and mom who were forced into the traffic lane by a Commonwealth Edison truck…