Programs & Events

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, is participating in a competition featuring the best litigators in the country at the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Conference in San Francisco from May 3-5. Four of the nation’s top trial lawyers, including Clifford and Daralyn Durie, founder of Durie Tangri, one of Silicon Valley’s go-to boutiques, whose clients include Google, Genentech and Twitter, will compete in “Shoot Out at the…

“The Impact of Dark Money and Judicial Elections and Judicial Behavior” is the topic to be discussed at the 23rd annual Clifford Symposium on Civil Justice. The free program has been approved for 8.5 hours of continuing legal education credit. The two-day symposium will be held April 20-21 at DePaul University, One E. Jackson Blvd., Room 8005, Chicago. Professor Emeritus and Director of the Symposium, Stephan Landsman, gathered two dozen leading academics in this field…

Keith Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, participated in a mock trial Friday at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. He presented closing arguments in a mock case involving a 51-year-old man whose alleged negligent medical care led to his death. Judge Lorna Propes, Cook County Circuit Court, presided over the all-day “trial.” Bradley Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Sarah King, associate at the firm, attended the program. (pictured below) The program was sponsored…

The 23rd Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy will discuss “The Impact of Dark Money on Judicial Elections and Judicial Behavior.” The free seminar will be held April 20-21st, 2017, at DePaul University, DePaul Center, Room 8005, One East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL. The seminar is sponsored by DePaul University College of Law. For more information, please read the press release titled, “Clifford Tort Symposium on Dark Money and Judicial Elections”, by…

DePaul University’s Pre-Law Club (DUPLC) will be hosting their 2nd annual reception on Thursday, April 6th at DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus in the Cortelyou Commons Main Hall, located at 2324 N. Fremont St. Chicago, IL 60614. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the event will run from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. All undergraduate and graduate students interested in law school and a career in the legal field from all the neighboring universities are encouraged…

After having tried Socrates, Orestes and Antigone, the National Hellenic Museum (NHM) is thrilled to once again present the powerhouse team of former prosecutors Patrick Fitzgerald and Patrick Collins, with defense attorneys Robert Clifford and Dan Webb, as they take on another case with ancient roots and modern consequences: The Parthenon Marbles. Should they remain at the British Museum or return to their first home at the Parthenon? On March 16 at the Rubloff Auditorium…

Clifford Law Offices, a nationally renowned personal injury firm and accredited Illinois continuing legal education provider, is holding its 10th annual MCLE program, “Social Media Ethics Outside and in the Courtroom,” on Thursday, February 16th, 2017. More than 3,000 Illinois lawyers have signed up for the free two-hour webinar that will be held at DePaul University. Registration to attend the online program is required by signing up at the firm’s website, www.CliffordLaw.com. Robert A. Clifford,…

As part of a program sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association, attorneys gathered at Chicago Police Headquarters, 3510 S Michigan Ave, to help officers with their questions on wills. Tracy A. Brammeier, lawyer at Clifford Law Offices, spent her Saturday, January 21st, offering free legal advice to Chicago police officers.

Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is part of the Masters in Trial Plaintiffs’ Team that will be featuring an all-day mock medical malpractice trial in Chicago sponsored by the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Hebeisen, who has successfully tried numerous of med mal cases to verdict in his over 30-year career as a trial attorney, will be presenting closing arguments in a mock case that involves a 51-year-old man whose alleged negligent…