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Clifford Law Offices is sponsoring Misericordia’s 25th Annual Benefit, which will be held Friday, February 26, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. The event will have celebrity drop-ins, raffles, entertainment, a silent auction, and more. Kathy and Kevin Connor, longtime friends of Misericordia, will be honored as the 2021 Heart of Gold recipients. Misericordia is celebrating its 100th-year dedicated to helping children and adults with disabilities achieve their maximum potential and independence. To learn more about Misericordia and its…

After the excitement of finding out you are pregnant, the usual next step is to seek prenatal care. Regular prenatal care from a physician or midwife is essential for a healthy pregnancy. A healthy pregnancy usually results in a healthy baby. Early and regular prenatal is essential in reducing pregnancy complications. Your first prenatal visit should take place soon as you reasonably believe you might be pregnant after missing a menstrual period. Most first prenatal…

On February 16, 2021, Zachary D. Clopton, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Professor, will be named the Inaugural Robert A. Clifford Scholar-in-Residence at DePaul University College of Law virtual event. Clopton’s presentation – “Multi-District Litigation (MDL) as Category”—will take place from 12-1p.m. CT on Tuesday, Feb. 16. The event will feature an introduction by Robert A. Clifford, commentary from Stanford Law Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom and reflections from Judge Robert M. Dow, Jr. of the…

CHICAGO, IL (January 2021) – Seventeen attorneys from Clifford Law Offices have been selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers List. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and…

Bradley Cosgrove, Kevin Durkin, and Keith Hebeisen, partners at Clifford Law Offices, have been named to the Top 100: 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list by Super Lawyers®. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent…

CHICAGO, IL (January 2021) – Robert A Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, again has been named to the “Top 10: 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers” list by Super Lawyers®. He was listed as the #3 lawyer in the state of Illinois. Mr. Clifford has been named in the Top 10 Super Lawyers list every year since its inception in 2005. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice…

Register today for the Clifford Law Offices 14th annual CLE program titled, “Legal Ethics and Professionalism of Your Favorite TV Shows, Yada, Yada.” on Thursday, February 18, 2021 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. CST. This virtual program is approved for two (2.0) hours of professional responsibility credit by the Illinois Commission on Professionalism. Please note: CLE credit is only available for the live viewing, previously recorded webcasts are not approved for CLE. Registration for the online event…

A hearing is scheduled tomorrow (Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 at 9:30 am CET) by the Transport Committee of the European Parliament who has summoned the Executive Director of its civil aviation agency EASA to answer questions regarding the anticipated ungrounding of the dangerous Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after having been grounded nearly two years following two crashes that killed 346 people. Victims families of the crash of the Boeing aircraft in Ethiopia on March 10,…

Clifford Law Offices was named to the list of Top 10 Medical Malpractice Settlements in the US in 2019 by Top Verdict, for the Estate of Lara v. County of Cook case – an $8.5 million settlement. The settlement was on behalf of a mother who died after childbirth at Stroger Hospital following the medical team’s failure to recognize and treat signs and symptoms of ongoing bleeding from a placental abruption. Keith A. Hebeisen and…