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Clifford Law Offices is proud to sponsor the Illinois Bar Foundation’s 24th Annual Black Tie Gala that will take place on October 20, 2023, at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. The Illinois Bar Foundation was established in 1951 initially to provide aid to deserving members of the Illinois Bar who, because of age or infirmity, could no longer provide for their own care or support. The Foundation has since expanded to be a statewide leader…

Yvette Loizon, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the National Elder Law Foundation 2023 Forum, in September at the Viceroy Hotel in Chicago. Covering “Probate Considerations in Wrongful Death and Survival Action Cases,” Yvette’s presentation focused on the differences between wrongful death and survival damages and how those damages are allocated across a variety of cases including impacts on disabled individuals. Yvette Loizon’s extensive experience handling wrongful death cases and the application of differentiated…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Update & Review Seminar on October 9, 2023. Cosgrove spoke on “Cross Examination of the ‘IME’ Physician” during the morning-long program. Other speakers that morning included the Hon. Thomas V. Lyons II of the Cook County Circuit Court Law Division. Various topics discussed offered a total of 3.5 hours of Illinois continuing legal education credit. Cosgrove has obtained numerous…

Each year, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (CLHoF) presents The Fuller Award to a Chicago author who has made an exceptional lifetime contribution to literature; CLHoF’s highest honor for living writers. This year’s recipient is Scott Turow, the acclaimed author of 15 books, including One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School and Presumed Innocent. The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award event will be held October 5th,…

Three partners at Clifford Law Offices obtained a verdict of $10.2 million on September 29, 2023, on behalf of a 49-year-old man whose right leg was amputated in September 2017 as a result of medical malpractice at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. Keith A. Hebeisen, Sarah F. King, and Joseph T. Murphy obtained the verdict following a two-week trial in Cook County Circuit Court. Robert Madsen was involved in a motor vehicle accident on…

Five people, including three from central Illinois, are reported to have been killed in a truck crash on U.S. Highway 40 in Effingham County, Illinois. The tragedy occurred on September 29, 2023, when several vehicles were involved in a crash near Teutopolis, about 75 miles from the state’s capital, Springfield. At least five other people were injured and airlifted to area hospitals for treatment. Responders in hazmat suits tried to rescue those involved and clean…

Clifford Law Offices is proud to once again sponsor the Lawyers’ Assistance Program’s Fall Fundraiser. The 2023 event “Together We Shine Brighter” will take place on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois. A platinum sponsor of the annual event, Clifford Law Offices wholeheartedly supports the mission of the Lawyers’ Assistance Program (LAP) to provide help to lawyers, judges, and law students seeking information and assistance for alcohol abuse, drug dependency,…

John V. Kalantzis, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Travel Law Conference in England on “Aviation Law in the U.S.” on October 19, 2023. He will speak about what makes the judicial system in the United States distinct and the methods of illustrating the devastation wrought upon families by an aviation disaster to a civil jury. Part of the aviation legal team in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was awarded the esteemed Judge Joel Flaum Award at the annual meeting of the Chicago Inn of Court on Monday, September 18, 2023. Clifford, a past president and founder of the organization, was honored for his outstanding contributions to the profession and for embodying the ideals of the American Inns of Court – excellence, professionalism, civility, and ethics. The award was established in 2000…