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Kenneth Feinberg, an attorney internationally recognized for working out payments to victims of the BP Gulf oil spill, General Motors ignition switch scandal, the 9/11 victims’ compensation fund and other high-profile cases, has been hired by Volkswagen to work in a similar capacity to resolve thousands of lawsuits involving its emissions scandal. The German automaker has said that Feinberg, 70, will design and administer an independent claims programs for owners of the affected diesel cars…

Clifford Law Offices prides itself on tackling complex cases to the very end. The firm devotes 100 percent of its litigation resources to plaintiffs’ work, evidenced by its notable verdicts – some of them record setting – in a variety of tort practice areas. Clifford Law Offices was named one of the National Law Journal’s Top 50 “America’s Elite Trial Lawyers” in the country in 2014, the only Chicago law firm to be awarded this…

Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be addressing the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) on “Maximizing Damages Outside of Cook County” at its annual Damages Seminar Feb. 13. Hebeisen, who has had several large or record verdicts and settlements outside of Cook County, will be addressing the group at the Westin River North, 320 N. Dearborn, Chicago. The half-day program offers four hours of continuing legal education credit. Most recently, Hebeisen, along…

Here is a recap the Newsletter from Clifford Law Offices, P.C. Winter, 2015 Volume 19 Number 2 edition: Clifford’s Corner Robert Clifford was named the top Best Lawyers in the Chicago metropolitan area in Plaintiffs’ Mass Tort/Class Actions in 2015. Clifford also was once again named one of the 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans. Clifford Law Offices’ Press Room Best Lawyers named the following lawyers at the firm to its 2016 list in various practice areas:…

Keith A. Hebeisen and Sarah F. King, attorneys at Clifford Law Offices late Friday (Dec. 11, 2015) obtained a record $950,000 verdict in Ford County in a medical malpractice case. The verdict is a record involving a medical malpractice case in Ford County, according to John Kirkton of the Jury Verdict Reporter, who reported that the previous highest verdict or settlement in that county was $370,000 in 2007. The verdict was reached following a two-week…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, is Co-Chair of the Planning Committee for Women Everywhere: Partners in Service, Inc.’s annual holiday fundraiser. The event is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, at Hub 51 on West Hubbard Street in Chicago. Single tickets are $100 and sponsorships are available. To purchase tickets or for information, call King at 312-977-2882 or email her at SFK@Cliffordlaw.com Funds raised help to fund scholarships to four public…

A popular gift for the upcoming holidays is the much-touted “hoverboard,” a self-balancing scooter that many young people like to use as a method of simple transportation. However, a grave concern over the possibility of these vehicles exploding has led officials in the United Kingdom to confiscate 15,000 of them at ports and airports in recent months. The media is reporting that officers from the U.K.’s Trading Standards have inspected more than 17,000 and have…

A federal judge in the Northern District of California has been assigned to handle the multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving the Volkswagen emissions scandal. That means that all of the cases filed, more than 500 class actions in 60 different federal courts across the country, will be transferred to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer who will hear all of the actions. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation selected Judge Breyer, the brother of Supreme Court…