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Family members who lost loved ones in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 jet in Ethiopia attended a hearing on December 11, 2019 on Capitol Hill where Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) head Stephen Dickson testified. “The courage of these families is unsurpassed,” said aviation attorney Bob Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices who was appointed Lead Counsel in the litigation regarding the crash in Ethiopia. “In an effort to make the…

Clifford Law Offices is offering a free two-hour webcast program at 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2020. This program is available via web and in-person at DePaul Conference Center in Chicago. Live seating has been filled, but webcast registration is still available. Already more than 1,000 individuals have registered for “Ethics 2020 – The Future is Now” program that has been approved for two hours of professional responsibility credit. This webcast will examine issues…

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin wrote an article titled, “Clifford Provides Pro Bono Work to Keep Homeless Shelter Open” in it’s December 2019 issue. This article highlighted the pro bono work that Clifford Law Offices provided for Hope Covenant Church. “A team of lawyers at Clifford Law Offices worked over the last month to help keep an Orland Park church shelter open and operational… The church partners with BEDS Plus, an organization that operates overnight…

Bob Clifford wrote an article titled, “Let’s Buckle Up – Time to require seat belts in every school bus” in Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s December 2019 issue. Every year, some 480,000 school buses transport more than 25 million children to and from school, according to the American School Bus Council. Only eight states –Arkansas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Texas – have laws requiring seat belts on school buses. From 2007 to…

About a dozen family members who lost loved ones in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 jet in Ethiopia are expected to attend a hearing Wednesday (Dec. 11, 2019) on Capitol Hill when Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) head Stephen Dickson is expected to testify. The House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee has called the hearing at 10 a.m. to hear for the first time from the newly-appointed head of the agency that decides when the…

Richard Burke, partner at Clifford Law Offices is one of the faculty for the 9th Annual Circuit Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts on December 6th, 2019. This is the 9th year that Pincus Professional Education has put on the The Circuit Court Boot Camp. This program delves into general litigation skills and strategies as well as providing an inside look at, and advice about, litigating in Illinois Circuit Court. The event in Chicago…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, headed a team of lawyers who worked for the past month to keep a church shelter open in south suburban Orland Park. And they lent their legal expertise on a pro bono basis. Hope Covenant Church opened a homeless shelter one night a week for needy residents on Oct. 1 until the village sued to close it down citing various violations of village ordinances. In mid-November, Durkin…

Sarah F. King, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, is part of an all-star panel to speak at the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s Women in Law conference Dec. 5. The keynote speaker at the event is Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. King is among a panel of “Women ‘Trialblazers’” who will address litigating major cases. She was among the trial team that recently obtained a record $101 million verdict for a baby who was brain damaged at…

CBS2-Chicago reported that yet another light pole in Chicago went down, blocking three lanes of traffic on Lake Shore Drive on what was one of the busiest holiday traffic days of the year – November 27th, 2019 – the day before Thanksgiving. Although winds gusted off the lake in what is known as the Windy City, Tara Molina reported that a light pole buckled over and fell right into the middle of southbound traffic heading…