Attorney Articles

Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices, who focuses his practice on trucking accidents, construction cases and medical malpractice actions, wrote an article for The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin titled, “‘Dep assists’ can present problems when Petrillo doctrine overlooked.” In the article, he addresses the issue of how a "dep assist" of allowing the treating doctor or other health-care provider to meet with retained counsel...

Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices, who focuses his practice on trucking accidents, construction cases and medical malpractice actions, wrote an article for The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin titled, “Danger looms on the road with technology, trucking.” In the article, he addresses the issue of truck driver shortages and the trucking safety issues posed with self-driving technology. To read the full article, click here.

Bob Clifford wrote an article titled, “Let’s Buckle Up - Time to require seat belts in every school bus” in Chicago Lawyer Magazine's December 2019 issue. Every year, some 480,000 school buses transport more than 25 million children to and from school, according to the American School Bus Council. Only eight states –Arkansas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Texas – have...

Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices, who focuses his practice on construction cases, trucking accidents and medical malpractice actions wrote an article for The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin titled, “Resolving health-care liens could be made easier with full disclosure.” In the article, he talks about how plaintiff’s attorney’s representation of his or her client doesn’t cease upon a recovery. Representation includes post-recovery negotiations with...

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, wrote an article for The Chicago Bar Association's CBA Record. She writes about the 2019 Justice John Paul Stevens Award. As a testament to the “greatest justice in our lifetime” who hails from Chicago, the 20th Annual CBA Justice John Paul Stevens Award carried on in his honor following his death July 16 at the age...