Programs & Events

Robert A. Clifford, a nationally prominent trial attorney in Chicago, attended the American Bar Association’s (ABA) annual meeting in Boston which was held August 8-10, 2014. According to the American Bar Association’s website, the organization is committed to serving its members, improving the legal profession, eliminating bias and enhancing diversity, and advancing the rule of law throughout the United States and around the world. Clifford is an active supporter of ABA and has served a…

Robert and Joan Clifford attended the WTTW/WFMT 2014 Celebration entitled “Come and Play” on May 1. The event, which focused on the station’s commitment to quality children’s programming, was held at WTTW’s studios, Chicago’s public television station that Clifford Law Offices has sponsored closed captioning for the past 10 years. Guests were greeted by Elmo of Sesame Street. The Chicago Children’s Choir and other talented youngsters entertained the crowd of several hundred donors at the…

Associate Justice Stephen Breyer spoke with DePaul University College of Law Professor  Stephan Landsman on “Judge Jack Weinstein’s Impact on Civil Justice in America” for the 20th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy. Professor Landsman also serves as the Faculty Chair of the Symposium that was founded by Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago. Some two dozen judges and academics from around the country gathered for two…

Some two dozen judges and academics from around the country gathered in Chicago April 24-25 for the 20th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy that was marked by a taped conversation with Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States and Faculty Chair of the Symposium DePaul University College of Law Professor Stephan Landsman. The subject of the two-day program that offered 9.75 hours of continuing legal education…

Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) 33rd Annual Ask-a-Lawyer Day is Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 9 a.m. to noon. On this day, residents of Illinois with a question about a legal matter are invited to talk to a lawyer at no cost to them. According to Illinois Law Finder, lawyer volunteers will be standing by to provide general information about consumer problems, family law, estate planning, personal injury and other common legal matters. Callers will…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, presented an opening statement in defense of Wyatt Earp, lawmen of the Wild West, at an American Bar Association (ABA) all-day program entitled “An Anatomy of a Trial”. The packed room watched as Clifford, with Earp sitting next to him in costume, made his opening statement, said that Earp, as sheriff of Tombstone, along with his deputized brothers and Doc Holliday, acted in self defense at…

  CONSULT A LAWYER – AT NO COST –ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26, DURING ASK-A-LAWYER DAY   SPRINGFIELD, IL – Anyone in Illinois with a question about a legal matter can consult a lawyer – at no cost – during the 33nd Annual Ask-a-Lawyer Day, Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to noon. The event is sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) in cooperation with bar associations in Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will counties….

March 14, 2014 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be demonstrating an opening statement in “The Trial of Wyatt Earp” at the American Bar Association’s Boot camp Trial Training for Young Lawyers in Scottsdale, Arizona, April 9. A number of top trial attorneys from around the country will gather to put on a day-long mock trial of Wyatt Earp with the Hon. Marvin J. Garbis of the U.S. District Court for…

On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, former prosecutors Patrick Fitzgerald and Patrick Collins with attorneys Dan Webb and Bob Clifford of Clifford Law Offices participated in a mock trial at the University of Illinois at the UIC Forum. The case was the Trial of Orestes, the Greek mythological figure for matricide. Robert A. Clifford and Dan Webb defended Orestes. According to the myth, the son of Agamemnon was charged with killing his mother and later admitting…