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Pamela Sakowicz Menaker was re-elected to a second three-year term in the Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors in a highly contested race. Previously, she held several committee assignments and was elected to three terms on the ISBA Assembly. Just last week, Pam was elected President of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago. Also elected to the ISBA was Rory T. Weiler as Third Vice-President. Nora Devine, Mark L. Karno, Sarah E. Toney and…

CHICAGO, IL (May 2019) – Seventeen lawyers from Clifford Law Offices have been named to Leading Lawyer’s “Leading Personal Injury Plaintiff’s Lawyers” list. “Leading Lawyers have been recommended by their peers to be among the TOP LAWYERS in the areas of practice noted on this website. Less than 5% of all lawyers licensed in each state have received the distinction of Leading Lawyer,” states Leading Lawyers on their website. Leading Lawyers adds, “The list of…

Sarah King has been re-elected as a Director of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She will be serving the 2019-2020 term. She will be sworn in during the WBAI 105th Annual Installation Dinner on May 30, 2019. The WBAI site states, “The WBAI Annual Dinner is one of the most well-attended events in the Chicago legal community, drawing over 800 lawyers, judges and dignitaries. In addition to swearing in its Officers and Directors for…

CHICAGO, IL (May 2019) – Robert A. Clifford, Founder and Senior Partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be receiving the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is given annually to someone selected by a committee appointed by the ITLA president. “The recipient is someone who has devoted, as Leonard did, a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, has done more than is called for,…

When most of us read the words “commercial vehicle,” we think of eighteen-wheeler trucks that weigh tens of thousands of pounds and cause catastrophic damages in a collision. But these so-called big rigs are just one kind of commercial vehicle on the road, and they’re not the only type you may encounter in the event of an accident. Small vans and buses can be commercial vehicles, as could a tiny sedan in certain circumstances. Because…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be receiving the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award at its 47th Annual Convention. A committee decides on giving the Award to a lawyer each year who has demonstrated “a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, someone who has done more than is called for” in the name of Ring, a prominent trial attorney…

Susan Capra, a partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, answers common medical malpractice questions. Susan is also a registered nurse and has combined her medical knowledge with her legal education to help those who have been injured by healthcare professionals. She understands all that it takes to put together a successful medical malpractice case because these matters are highly complex. What is medical malpractice? Susan: Medical malpractice is a cause of action for damages…

Clifford Law Offices of Chicago and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy of San Francisco filed lawsuits on Monday, April 29, 2019 on behalf of the families of 10 Canadians who were killed in the tragic crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Max8 aircraft. The victims include three generations of one family, and the wife and three children, including a nine-month old of another family, all from the Toronto area. The complaints come on the heels of Boeing’s…

Truck driving comes with a unique set of safety considerations, both for the one behind the wheel and for passengers in surrounding vehicles. The mere size of something like an eighteen-wheeler makes it much more complex to drive — or even pass on the highway — and therefore makes any kind of collision with it equally sizable. And while they’re not always fatal, truck accidents need to be treated with the utmost seriousness. This is…