Programs & Events

This past Saturday, April 25th, Pamela Sakowicz Menaker was the attorney representative for the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) during their 34th Annual “Ask-a-Lawyer” Day. Menaker is the Communications Partner for Clifford Law Offices. She handled calls through Skype from consumers across the state of Illinois from 9 am to 2 pm. In addition to the Skype platform there were two toll free hotlines and an email address that ISBA volunteers managed during the day…

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Clifford Law Offices Communications Partner, Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, will be participating in the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) 34th Annual “Ask-a-Lawyer Day” event this Saturday, April 25th, 2014. The event is available at no cost to anyone with a question about a legal matter. It runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attorneys will be accessible via phone call, email, and Skype. Menaker will be the attorney representative who will handle the Skype calls out of the Chicago Illinois…

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Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices, Robert A. Clifford is presenting a demonstration of an opening argument today, Wednesday, April 15, at the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation Annual Meeting. Clifford’s demonstration will consist of an opening argument in a “re-trial” of the high-profile case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants who were convicted of killing a guard and another man at a shoe factory in Massachusetts in…

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February 17, 2015 Read about Clifford Law Offices 8th Annual Continuing Legal Education Webinar 2015 “Ethics of Conflicts of Interest” here.

Clifford Law Offices of Chicago is sponsoring a free two hour continuing legal education program webinar on “The Ethics of Conflicts of Interest” next Thursday, February 19, 2015. This is the eighth annual Clifford Law Offices Continuing Legal Education Series. The webcast will provide interested lawyers and judges answers to the following questions: When are you barred from representing multiple clients or appearing adversely to a current or former client? When is the representation permitted…