Awards & Recognitions

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the tenth consecutive year, announce the “Best Law Firms” rankings. Clifford Law Offices has been ranked in the 2020 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list nationally in 1 practice area and regionally in 6 practice areas. Firms included in the 2020 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Ranked…

Clifford Law Offices has earned a place on Expertise.com’s 2019 list of the Best Personal Injury Lawyers in Chicago. Expertise chose us out of 620 personal injury law firms who serve Chicagoland based on 25 variables across the following six criteria: Reputation, Credibility, Availability, Professionalism, and Experience. Expertise’s goal is to connect people with the best local experts. Every month they help over 10M customers find the best-qualified service professional for their needs. To view the 2019 list of…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Illinois Bar Foundation’s Distinguished Award for Excellence, the organization’s highest award. Every year the IBF, the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association, honors an individual who has made, “remarkable contributions to the legal community throughout his career.”  Clifford, who recently was named Lead Counsel of the litigation involving the Boeing crash of a 737…

Robert A. Clifford will be honored with the 2019 Distinguished Award for Excellence at the 21st Annual Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF) Gala. “Mr. Clifford’s many remarkable contributions to the legal community throughout his career have made him exceedingly worthy of the Foundation’s highest honor,” according to the IBF. The sold-out event will be held on October 18th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is part of the Gala Host Committee. For more information about the Gala,…

CHICAGO, IL (August 2019) – Clifford Law Offices attorneys Keith A. Hebeisen and Kevin P. Durkin were recently recognized by Best Lawyers as a 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in the Chicago area. Keith A. Hebeisen was recognized for his personal injury litigation work and Kevin P. Durkin was awarded for his work product liability litigation. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant….

CHICAGO, IL (August 2019) – Ten Clifford Law Offices lawyers have been included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise. Several of the recognized attorneys at Clifford Law Offices have been listed in Best Lawyers…

Sarah F. King, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, has been elected 2019-2020 President of Women Everywhere. She has served on its Board for the last several years, having been Vice President last year. Women Everywhere (“WE”) is a not-for-profit organization comprised of attorneys and judges dedicated to creating opportunities for women through education and community service. Every year WE hosts its’ annual Education Day, inviting 200-300 public high school girls to tour state and federal…

Clifford Law Offices, along with their co-counsel, received the 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from Public Justice on Monday, July 29 at Public Justice’s Annual Gala and Awards Dinner in San Diego. Lieff Cabraser partner Robert J. Nelson accepts the 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from Public Justice on behalf of the State Farm team with Erin Clifford, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Clifford Law Offices. The team was recognized…

Robert A. Clifford is being named one of the 2019 Trial Lawyers of the Year by Public Justice. Public Justice is a national organization that celebrates and recognizes the work of an attorney or team of attorneys working on behalf of individuals and groups that have suffered grave injustice or abuse. Clifford is being recognized for his work in the $250 million settlement in Hale v. State Farm Insurance, a case that spanned 20 years…