Programs & Events

The 24th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy was held at DePaul University April 19-20 on “Patient Safety: How Might the Law Help?” For two days, two dozen academics, lawyers and medical professionals from around the country discussed the medical crisis in this country and alternate legal strategies that might encourage greater safety. DePaul University College of Law Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea addressed the group. Among the faculty members are medical professionals…

The 24th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy will be held at DePaul University April 19-20 on “Patient Safety: How Might the Law Help?” For two days, two dozen academics, lawyers and medical professionals from around the country will discuss the medical crisis in this country and alternate legal strategies that might encourage greater safety. Among the faculty members are medical professionals including David Studdert, joint professor of Medicine and Law of…

Robert A. Clifford and Clifford Law Offices are hosting DePaul University President Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban at a reception in his honor on March 28, 2018, from 6-8 p.m. at the Chicago Bar Association. A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD, is the 12th president of DePaul University, the nation’s largest Catholic university. He assumed the presidency on July 1, 2017, as the first lay leader in DePaul’s history. He most recently served as President of Seton Hall…

On Feb. 27th, 27 women, including Clifford Law Offices Associate Sarah King, traveled to the Illinois State Capitol for the first-ever Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Women’s Caucus Lobbying Day. When Sarah F. King and several other female members of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association started discussing forming a women’s caucus for the organization last summer, they inquired about how many women attorneys actually belonged to ITLA. As per the article in the Chicago Law…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, and Tinos Diamantatos of Morgan Lewis took on their two legal “rivals,” Patrick Fitzgerald and Patrick Collins in the mock trial of Megacles, leader of Athens sponsored by the National Hellenic Museum (NHM) on March 1, 2018. The Honorable William Joseph Bauer, Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, served as Chief Judge. He said in…

The 24th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy will be held on April 18 and 19, at DePaul University College of Law. Patient Safety: How Might The Law Help? In 1999, the Institute of Medicine in its report, To Err Is Human made it clear that America faces a serious medical error problem, one that results in hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries each year. Recent evidence indicates that the volume…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, and Dan Webb, Chairman and partner at Winston & Strawn, will take on their two legal “rivals,” Patrick Fitzgerald and Patrick Collins who will prosecute the case of Megacles, leader of Athens in National Hellenic Museum’s Mock Trial on March 1st, 2018. Fitzgerald, of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, served for 10 years as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Collins, of…

Clifford Law Offices, an accredited continuing legal education provider, is presenting a free webinar, “The Changing Ethical Landscape of Litigation,” on Thursday, February 15th from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of the firm, will serve as moderator of the two-hour program that has been approved for two hours of professional responsibility credit by the MCLE Board. Joining him will be panelists Robert Burns, Professor of Ethics, Northwestern University School of Law;…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will moderate a program at the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) entitled “Motion Practice in Cook County Circuit Court’s Law Division.” Mark G. Szaflarski of Mark Szaflarski, P.C., will co-moderate. Five judges from the Law Division will speak on topics including motions to dismiss, motions in limine and motions for summary judgment. These judges are the Hon. James P. Flannery, Jr., Presiding Judge of the Law Division; Hon….