Speaking Engagements

Craig Squillace, associate trial attorney at Clifford Law Offices, will be a featured speaker at the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association (ITLA) all-day seminar on Settlements, Liens and Technology, which will be held April 5th at the Oak Brook Hills Resort in Illinois. Squillace, who has numerous years of law experience in vehicular accident cases, will be discussing the Prompt Pay Statute, 735 ILCS 5/2-2301. This is a law that Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices,…

March 19, 2014 Dr. Kenneth C. Chessick, Of Counsel at Clifford Law Offices, has been selected as the 21st Annual Francis X. Riley Lecturer on Professionalism at Northern Illinois University College of Law. “Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine, Business and the Law: Are They Different?” is the topic of Dr. Chessick’s speech at his alma mater 3 p.m. April 4 in the Francis X. Riley Courtroom. Dr. Chessick, a board certified surgeon, also is a…

Keith Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) conference.

February 21, 2014 Craig Squillace, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association (ITLA) all-day seminar on Settlements, Liens and Technology. Squillace, who handles motor vehicle accident cases in particular at the firm over the years, will be talking about the Prompt Pay Statute, 735 ILCS 5/2-2301, a law in which senior partner Robert Clifford took the lead in informing state legislators about the issue of the…

November 14, 2013 Keith Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) annual Medical Malpractice Seminar in Chicago. “Combating Common Defenses” is the title of Hebeisen’s presentation on Dec. 7 at the Westin River North on Dearborn. The half-day seminar offers important information for trial attorneys representing victims of medical negligence. Hebeisen, former President of ITLA, also serves as Editor of ITLA’s Medical Malpractice Trial…

October 10, 2013 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Spring Meeting of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). “The Trial of Socrates Redux: BYO Hemlock” is the title of the March 8 program in LaQuinta, California, that offers continuing legal education credit. Clifford will be joined by Dan Webb of Winston & Strawn, Patrick M. Collins of Perkins Cole, Patrick J. Fitzgerald of Skadden…

September 12, 2013 Keith Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to participate in the Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society’s Law Day Oct. 11. Hebeisen, a frequent speaker on medical malpractice and legal liability of health care providers, will be speaking on “The Ethics of Negotiation,” which will offer CLE ethics credit. The Society’s Annual Meeting is an all-day program addressing legal and regulatory issues that impact hospitals, long-term care facilities and others…

September 10, 2013 Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking Wednesday (Sept. 11, 2013), at the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) Tort Litigation Committee meeting on “Corporate Medicine and Hospital Liability.” She will be discussing the trends of the law of agency and practical considerations for litigating cases involving corporate medical entities as well as hospital liability. King, who focuses her practice on plaintiffs’ medical malpractice law, recently was published in the…

August 26, 2013 Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Update and Review Seminar on Oct. 14. “Medical Negligence” is the topic of Hebeisen’s presentation on the court holiday to be held at the Westin River North, 320 N. Dearborn, Chicago. The half-day seminar, which offers continuing legal education credits, is a popular program that offers much information to trial lawyers across the state. Hebeisen…