Speaking Engagements

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was invited to speak on “Closing Arguments” at the annual Damages Seminar sponsored by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA). Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at the firm, was the program planning co-chair of this half-day seminar held this morning, Feb. 16, 2015, Presidents’ Day and a court holiday. The program was approved for four hours of continuing legal education credit (CLE). The Hon. Elizabeth…

In 2014 Robert A. Clifford, Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke to the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation at a 3-day conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Clifford participated in a panel discussion during the all-day program titled “An Anatomy of a Trial.” Clifford disseminated the following legal advice to a packed room where many of the attendants were law school students: “Credibility is the most important thing you will ever have in a…

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Bob Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, recently moderated a program in conjunction with the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. The topic was jury selection and three prominent judges from the Cook County Law Division participated in the afternoon seminar. Left to right are: Judge Tom Lyons, Judge Donald Suriano and Judge James P. Flannery, Jr., Chief Judge of the Law Division.

October 3, 2014 Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be moderating a panel of judges, including Judge James P. Flannery, Lorna E. Propes and James M. Varga at a Chicago Bar Association (CBA) program entitled “Overlooked Aspects of Trial: Pointers and Pet Peeves from the Bench.” Cosgrove, who in the past year has successfully achieved three verdicts, including what is considered the first one nationally involving the controversial Yasmin medication, was just…

August 22, 2014 Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is Planning Co-Chair and Moderator of the upcoming Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Update and Review Seminar on Oct. 13, Columbus Day, a court holiday. The all-day seminar reviews the latest on several topics in trial litigation including “Social Media in Litigation,” a topic that will be presented by a Clifford Law Offices asaociate. The Hon. James P. Flannery, Presiding Judge of the Cook…

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…