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Craig J. Squillace, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) annual Ethics and Professionalism Seminar Friday, May 6. Squillace, who has handled hundreds of vehicular accident cases including a recent $4 million record in Will County last year in a trucking crash, will be speaking on “Social Media – Protecting Yourself and Your Client.” The half-day program will be held at the Hilton Oak Brook…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been named to a two-year term on the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA). Menaker, who currently serves on the CBA’s Judicial Evaluation Committee, Public Affairs Committee and CBA Record Editorial Board, was chosen as one of eight members of the new Board. A CBA Nominating Committee selected 16 lawyers and judges vying for the eight positions. Also among those selected were…

People who bought certain kinds of flooring from Lumber Liquidators “are potentially at a greater risk of cancer than previous[ly] thought,” according to a warning from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), perhaps as much as three times higher. The sale of certain types of laminate flooring has been halted and customers are being offered air quality tests. The flooring in question is manufactured in China and reportedly has too high a concentration of formaldehyde…

A northwest Indiana bus carrying its boys basketball team to its state tournament semifinal reportedly was struck by a driver on Interstate 65, causing the bus to overturn. All 27 players and staff were taken to area hospitals and the coach of Griffith High School’s team were airlifted to Christ Advocate Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The team members appeared to stand strong amid the tragedy that witnesses described to the media as saying that…

The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF) awarded $11.9 million in grants to more than 30 organizations dedicated to helping needy children in southwest Florida. “The money the Foundation raised will make a difference in the lives of so many children,” said Robert A. Clifford, President of the Foundation and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices. “It’s investing in the future of this area and of our country through its children.” A grants committee of…

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are on the scene to determine if the cause of an Amtrak train derailment in rural southwestern Kansas was caused by a previous crash that may have bent the tracks. It was reported that 32 people were taken to hospitals 120 miles west of Wichita. Some 131 passengers and 14 crew members were aboard when the two locomotives and nine cars derailed. Five train cars were reported to be…

Clifford Law Offices was a Diamond Sponsor of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) at its 2016 Judicial Reception Wednesday night at the Chicago Cultural Center. Several judges were honored with the Mary Heftel Hooten award including the Hon. Chief Judge Ruben Castillo, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of the firm, presented the award to Judge Castillo. The award is named for Hooten,…

An independent research study done by several respected law schools rated Clifford Law Offices #2 out of 1317 law firms in Illinois between 2000 and 2010. Its 1st Tier firm ranking is the top 1.7% of the most successful med mal firms in Illinois, judged by total recovery. Only 22 firms made the 1st Tier. In the 1st Tier group, Clifford Law Offices had the highest cases per year and the eighth highest success rate…

Robert Clifford will participate in the American Bar Association (ABA) mock trial The Trial of Al Capone for Murder at the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Robert (Bob) Clifford will play the role of Al Capone. In the mock trial, Capone will stand trial for the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre that allegedly included gang members of the rival North Side. The event will include respected judges and lawyers as well as live testimony from popular…