Speaking Engagements

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Richard F. Burke, partner at the firm, will be speaking on “Recovering COVID-19 Business Expenses and Lost Profits – Maximizing Commercial Insurance Coverage” at a webinar Wednesday (May 6, 2020) at 2 p.m. Sponsored by Kelleher & Buckley, LLC of North Barrington, the program will focus on business owners trying to recover lost profits under their commercial insurance policies since the coronavirus pandemic….

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be a speaker at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) annual Ethics Seminar on April 3rd, 2020. Clifford will speak on “Ethically Getting Cases” in the half-day program to be held at the Hilton Oak Brook Hills Resort (3500 Midwest Rd., Oak Brook). Wendy Muchman, Legal Ethics Professor at Northwestern University, will also be speaking at the seminar on “Avoiding the ARDC”. The…

Sarah King, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the upcoming American Association for Justice (AAJ) Winter Convention. Sarah will be discussing the topic of, “Opening Statements and Demonstratives in Birth Injury Cases”, focusing on the Gerald Sallis case, during the Birth Trauma Litigation Group Meeting on Sunday, February 9, 2020. The AAJ Winter Convention will take place February 8-11 at: Hilton New Orleans Riverside Center 2 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the annual Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Damages seminar on February 21, 2020. Cosgrove, who has obtained several record verdicts and settlements in Illinois, will be addressing “Economic Damages/Present Cash Value” in a half-day seminar at the JW Marriott, 151 W. Adams, Chicago. The program has been approved for continuing legal education credit. To register, go to www.iltla.com or call 1-800-252-8501.

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to be part of the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Aviation Conference in Washington, D.C. Oct. 24. Clifford is part of a panel addressing the issue of “Is Self-Certification Adequate Pre-Flight?” Last month Clifford was named Lead Counsel in the crash in Ethiopia of a Boeing 737 Max8 jet, a plane whose certification has come under…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law conference on “Contemporary Issues in Complex Litigation.” Clifford will speak on a panel Thursday (Oct. 17, 2019) morning entitled “The Evolving Role of Trials in Multijurisdiction Litigation.” Among the other panelists are the Hon. Gene E.K. Pratter of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The conference focuses on critical legal,…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak Oct. 18 at the 12th Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability, Insurance and Finance. Recently appointed Lead Counsel of the consolidated litigation in federal district court in Chicago involving the Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia that killed all 157 aboard, Clifford will lead a panel on “Update on Productions Liability Cases and a Case Study on Major…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Update and Review Seminar Oct. 11. His topic is “Overcoming Governmental Immunities.” The annual half-day program will be held at the JW Marriott, 151 W. Adams, Chicago. It offers 4.5 hours of CLE credit. Other speakers include the Hon. Elizabeth M. Budzinski of the Cook County Circuit Court Law Division who will be offering “Judicial Observations” on various…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke Thursday (June 6, 2019) to a packed room on aviation litigation at the Chicago Bar Association’s Eight O’Clock Call. Moderated by the Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County, the early morning program at the CBA headquarters offered continuing legal education credit. Clifford stated he currently represents a number of families…