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Time and again, the question has come up during this harsh Chicago winter as to whose responsibility it is to shovel the sidewalk in front of your home or business. In 2008, Robert Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, wrote a column on “To Shovel or Not to Shovel,” in the January issue of the Chicago Lawyer magazine. https://www.cliffordlaw.com/to-shovel-or-not-to-shovel-that-is-the-question/ With the near record breaking snow totals for the winter of 2013­-14 and up to…

Keith Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) conference.

Now comes word that Michaels, the country’s largest arts and crafts store, apparently has experienced a credit card breach of its customers across its more than 1,200 stores. Michaels issued a statement that it “recently learned of possible fraudulent activity on some U.S. payment cards that had been used at Michaels, suggesting that the Company may have experienced a data security attack.” When will this ever come to an end? Retailers are aware that hackers…

In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal (“Target Staff Had Warning,” Feb. 15-­16, 2014), it was reported that Target Corp.’s computer security staff, “raised concerns about vulnerabilities in the retailer’s payment card system at least two months before hackers stole,” what turned into some 110 million credit and debit numbers of customers. Apparently memos were distributed last spring by the federal government and private research firms on the “emergence of new types of…

Clifford’s Notes, Chicago Lawyer March 1, 2014 By Robert A. Clifford The latest statistics continue to demonstrate the long-term trend that the number of medical-malpractice filings is down, yet the number of inquiries regarding negligence involving doctors and medical personnel is up. How does one reconcile this apparent paradox? It’s really because trial lawyers are accepting responsibility for fewer medical-malpractice cases. A major reason is that experts are required for causation involving every specialty of…

A Clifford Law Offices attorney delivers a successful closing argument in the Carroll County courthouse for the Whitebread-Pacas case. Read our previous post about this case.

On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, former prosecutors Patrick Fitzgerald and Patrick Collins with attorneys Dan Webb and Bob Clifford of Clifford Law Offices participated in a mock trial at the University of Illinois at the UIC Forum. The case was the Trial of Orestes, the Greek mythological figure for matricide. Robert A. Clifford and Dan Webb defended Orestes. According to the myth, the son of Agamemnon was charged with killing his mother and later admitting…

The founding Partner of Clifford Law Offices, Robert A. Clifford, will participate in a mock trial where he will represent the Greek philosopher, Socrates, on charges of corrupting the youth and disrespecting the Greek gods. Clifford will be representing Socrates with Dan Webb. The mock trial titled, “The Trial of Socrates Redux: BYO Hemlock”, will be hosted by American College of Trial Lawyers in La Quinta, California on March 8, 2014. Robert Clifford was in…

On Thursday, February 20, 2014 Clifford Law Offices sponsored a free two-hour continuing legal education program on the ethics of client communications. The webinar was part of the seventh annual Clifford Law Offices Continuing Legal Education Series (CLE) and focused on the dos and don’ts of client communications by providing hypothetical and real world examples. This was an educational experience for lawyers who were interested in expanding their knowledge on ethical communication with their clients…