Clifford Law Offices has represented victims and their families in nearly every major commercial airline crash in the U.S. over the last 40+ years.
Plane accident victims and their families benefit from counsel with decades of proven talent, extensive resources, and the relentless determination required to guide a complex aviation case from its initial stages to a just resolution. Clifford Law Offices brings together nationally recognized attorneys, substantial financial and investigative capabilities, and an unwavering commitment to pursuing accountability on behalf of those impacted by aviation disasters.
The firm has represented victims and their families in every major commercial airline crash in the U.S. over the past 40+ years, as well as numerous general aviation accidents nationwide. Under the leadership of founder and senior partner Robert A. Clifford, the firm’s decades of experience reflect both its standing as a recognized authority in aviation disaster litigation and its capacity to manage high-profile, global aviation cases at the highest level.
Among these cases, Clifford Law Offices represented the families of over 70 victims in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 in Ethiopia, with Mr. Clifford serving as lead counsel in the high-visibility federal litigation in Chicago.
The firm currently represents nine families who lost loved ones in the January 29, 2025, collision of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Eagle regional jet above the Potomac River, and has filed multiple lawsuits on behalf of families who lost loved ones in the November 4, 2025, UPS Cargo Jet crash in Louisville, Kentucky.
Clifford Law Offices also represents the families of victims in claims stemming from the tragic crash of Air India Flight AI-171. On June 12, 2025, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, reportedly carrying over 240 passengers on its way to Gatwick Airport in London, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing nearly everyone on board and causing additional casualties on the ground.
Other aviation cases the firm has handled include the Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 crash at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, the United Airlines Flight 585 crash in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the US Air Flight 427 crash en route from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Pittsburgh.
Our aviation litigation practice group is defined by a longstanding record of multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts in high-stakes aviation matters. This work has earned us a distinguished reputation for managing complex litigation arising from commercial and private air disasters, while remaining deeply committed to guiding families through each step of the legal process with clarity and care.
