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Richard F. Burke shared with Lawdragon in their Lawyer Limelight interview series how his early experience as a law clerk and then a prosecutor influenced his success as a trial lawyer, leading to multiple million-dollar-plus settlements in a variety of personal injury cases from truck accidents to catastrophic injuries. Burke, who is a partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been with the firm for over 30 years where he is known as a tireless worker…

Sarah F. King has been elected to serve as Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s (ITLA) Parliamentarian in 2022-23. King has been involved with the ITLA organization for many years. She also has many other positions in the legal community including co-founding the ITLA Women’s Caucus, elected second Vice President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI), and devoting time to teach a course on Medical Malpractice as an adjunct professor at her alma mater, DePaul…

Keith Hebeisen and Yvette Loizon, partners at Clifford Law Offices, will be among those awarded the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) William J. Harte Amicus Volunteer Awards for 2022 for their work on the Amicus Curiae Committee during the past year. The ITLA is a statewide organization whose members help victims of wrongdoing receive justice by securing and protecting their rights and holding corporations, insurance companies, health care providers, and others responsible for their actions….

Clifford Law Offices has been named a 2022 Elite Trial Lawyers Finalist by The National Law Journal in the category of Catastrophic Injury. The Elite Trial Lawyers awards recognize the exceptional work of law firms in a high-stakes bench or jury trial, or in a major settlement, and who perform advanced work on behalf of plaintiffs. Hundreds of entries from plaintiffs’ law firms across the United States were considered before making it to the competition’s…

“Litigating the Public Good: Punishing Serious Corporate Misconduct” is the topic of the 2022 28th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy June 2-3, 2022. To register for one or both days of the hybrid program, click here. Academics from around the country will gather for this two-day program to discuss the need for private litigation to confront corporate harms that cost human lives. Robert A. Clifford, founder, and senior partner of Clifford…

Erin Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices and founder of Erin Clifford Wellness and Rockstar Doggy Momma, will wrap up the Illinois State Bar Association’s Wellness Series with a final presentation on Thursday, May 26. The program is part of a movement in the legal profession to acknowledge and remedy health and mental health concerns among lawyers and other law professionals stemming from stress, work fatigue, and an imbalanced lifestyle. Wellness Series – Part 3:…

Tracy Brammeier, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at The Chicago Bar Association’s Law Day Public Celebration at Daley Plaza, and awarded the Liberty Bell Award to a worthy recipient. The award is given each year during Law Week to a non-lawyer who has contributed to the administration of justice.

Jerry Blackwell, lead counsel in the litigation against Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd murder case in Minnesota, spoke to a large group of the Chicago Inn of Court Monday, May 2, at Faegre Drinker in downtown Chicago. In a fireside chat led by Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, Blackwell spoke of his advocacy techniques in that high-profile trial that led to the conviction of former police…

Robert A. Clifford has co-authored a chapter on aviation law for the Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Fifth Edition. The Thomson Reuters law book, a distinguished library staple for litigators and a widely-recognized source, is a joint venture with the American Bar Association Section of Litigation. Bob’s chapter on aviation litigation provides a resource that details the complexities of aviation laws and regulations and the subsequent processes to appropriately handle litigation derived from…