Clifford Law Offices has been awarded Lawyer International’s 2024 Legal 100 Law Firm of the Year in the practice area of Professional Malpractice within the United States.
The annual awards provide the magazine’s global readership with a definitive guide to the firms and individuals who truly are the most able within all areas, across all geographical locations.
Since 1984, Clifford Law Offices has handled extensive medical malpractice claims, recovering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of catastrophically injured patients and their families. The firm’s medical malpractice team takes pride in holding negligent healthcare professionals accountable for malpractice, recovering maximum compensation for clients, and preventing the same negligent actions from impacting other patients in the future.
Throughout the decades, the firm’s elite team of medical malpractice attorneys has garnered impressive results for the families they represent including a record $101 million result obtained by partners Bradley M. Cosgrove, Charles R. Haskins, Keith A. Hebeisen, and Sarah F. King on behalf of a baby who sustained brain damage at birth at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.
In 2024, partners obtained a $15 million settlement on behalf of a baby that sustained permanent brain injury from lack of oxygen due to failure to perform a timely cesarean section. In another settlement, attorneys obtained an $8 million result on behalf of a 60-year-old man who underwent multiple surgeries to treat complications of necrotizing pancreatitis caused by the negligence of the surgeon failing to shrink a tumor before abdominal surgery.
The lawyers at Clifford Law Offices obtained nearly $100 million in reported medical malpractice cases in 2023 involving complex healthcare issues and numerous defendants. Many other cases remain confidential.
The Legal 100 – 2024 recognizes the select 100 leading global professional firms and individuals who are noted for their areas of specialization within their geographical locations. Recipients are selected by nomination and peer and client reviews that evidence unquestionable ability. The voting readers are asked to identify those firms and individuals noted for having a high degree of ability in complex situations, those that continually innovate, and where their level of service is of great importance against the overall value for money in a tough global economy.
About Clifford Law Offices
Clifford Law Offices is an award-winning personal injury law firm ranked as one of the top law firms in Illinois. Founded in 1984 by Robert A. Clifford, the firm has built a reputation for expertly and successfully handling complicated national and international claims involving aviation litigation, complex personal injury, wrongful death cases, medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, and transportation litigation. Clifford Law Offices – Serious Cases. Exceptional Results. To learn more, please visit www.cliffordlaw.com.