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Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, participated in a panel on “Beginning with the End in Mind – Classic Chicago Closings” at the American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting in Chicago. Others on the panel included the Hon. Virginia Kendall and Hon. Jorge L. Alonso, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and Carrie Hamilton, former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago and now a Cook County Circuit Court…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, traveled to London as part of an American Bar Association (ABA) trip commemorating the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede. Clifford participated as moderator of a panel discussion entitled, “Where Would You Try a Case? A Live Action Primer on Trial Skills in the U.S. and the U.K.” focusing on the different approaches taken in the two countries’ courts to critical…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, introduced the speaker, Lori Lightfoot of Mayer Brown, at the Women Everywhere (WE) annual Education Day, Thursday (April 23). King, who serves as co-chair of the Planning Committee along with Kristin Barnette of Krovolec Jambois & Schwartz and Heather Keil of O’Hagan LLC, planned the event that included tours given by Cook County Circuit Court Judges Diane J. Larsen, Marcia Maras, Neera Walsh, Mary Margaret Brosnahan, Michael…

Legal experts, scholars, and students gathered to explore the topic of “The Supreme Court, Business and Civil Justice” at the 21st Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy. The free event was held at DePaul University College of Law in April 2015. The Symposium discussed the United States Supreme Court’s rulings on corporate interests and business entities, the subsequent influence on matters of corporate law, regulation, and a broad range of civil justice…

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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