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UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 232 Crashed: July 19, 1989 in Sioux City, Iowa The eyes of the nation watched as a home video fixed on Runway 2L at Sioux City, Iowa’s airport captured the chilling crash scene. Again and again, television stations aired the clip of the immense jetliner, United Airlines Flight 232, cartwheeling in flames before crash-landing in a soybean field. Passengers were thrown from the plane; 112 were killed in the deadly impact. Another…

Robert A. Clifford and Clifford Law Offices are longtime supporters of the Camillus House, a nonprofit organization providing housing assistance, treatment assistance, and other specialized services and resources to underprivileged and homeless individuals and families in South Florida. As Founding Trustee sponsors, Bob and his wife, Joan, are proud supporters of the mission of the Camillus House and have contributed to the organization’s fundraising efforts over the years. Their support continues in 2024 with their…

Clifford Law Offices is proud to sponsor Kerfuffle!, the annual benefit event supporting the Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts). The fundraising event will take place on May 2, 2024, from 5:30 to 10:00 pm at Morgan Manufacturing. Kerfuffle! will feature performances by the next generation of writers, dancers, musicians, actors, and artists, showcasing the talents of hundreds of scholar-artists from across Chicago. All proceeds from the event directly support ChiArts’ dance, creative writing,…

Erin Clifford, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Ethics and Professionalism webinar on April 16, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Erin will speak on self-care strategies for busy lawyers, offering a half-hour credit for mental health/substance abuse. Other topics covered during the three-hour program include ethical considerations behind attorney advertising and dealing with co-counsel. A partner at the firm, Erin…

National Hellenic Museum’s The Trial of Pericles Wednesday, April 17 7 p.m. at the Harris Theater Nationally renowned attorneys to argue ancient Greek case regarding voting rights, including Katerina Alexopoulos (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Patrick M. Collins (King & Spalding), Tinos Diamantatos (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius), Sarah F. King (Clifford Law Offices), James C. Pullos (Clifford Law Offices) and Patrick A. Salvi II (Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard) Judges include Ret. Circuit Court Judge Anna…

On April 10, Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined the Rufus Williams Show on WVON (1690 AM) morning radio to speak about the upcoming mock Trial of Pericles, an event sponsored by the National Hellenic Museum. She was joined by Patrick Collins of King & Spaulding LLC whom she will be squaring off against in the mock trial on April 17 at the Harris Theater. King and James C. Pullos, partner at…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, has been named one of America’s Top 200 Lawyers in Forbes’ inaugural list of 2024. Clifford is among only eight personal injury attorneys in the nation selected to the list, and the only personal injury attorney from Illinois. In making its selection, Forbes’ editors stated they rated thousands of lawyers through a multi-layer process and highlighted “the finest practitioners in the profession—lawyers…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, traveled to Mexico with the Chicago Bar Association and CBA President Ray J. Koenig III for the association’s 2024 CLE Abroad in Mexico. The educational trip included continuing legal education programming on comparative law topics and various tours and cultural experiences. Mr. Durkin, an established personal injury and aviation attorney with extensive experience in international litigation, was the moderator for the program’s session titled Comparing the U.S….

Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit against NASCAR, various construction companies involved in the 2023 Chicago street races, as well as the Chicago Park District on behalf of an electrician who was killed during construction of the 2023 summer event. Kevin P. Durkin, partner at the firm, along with co-counsel Daniel L. Clayton of Nashville, Tennessee, filed the case in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago on behalf of the family of Duane Tabinski, 53,…