Awards & Recognitions

Robert A. Clifford was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Plaintiffs in the Chicago area. 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. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. According to Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year”…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, along with Patrick Fitzgerald of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Zachary Fardon, Managing Partner at King & Spalding, and Emily Nicklin of Kirkland & Ellis, have been selected as co-chairs of the 200th Anniversary Fundraising Committee of the Northern District of Illinois. Sponsored by the not-for-profit Northern District of Illinois Court Historical Association, the festivities are expected to take place in March, 2019,…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, received one of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) William J. Harte Amicus Volunteer Awards for 2018. These individuals are recognized for their dedicated volunteer service and professional efforts on behalf of the ITLA Amicus Curiae Committee in preparing legal briefs before the Illinois Supreme Court and appellate courts during the past year. King was among five recipients of this award at the annual ITLA membership meeting…

Tracy A. Brammeier, associate at Clifford Law Offices, was awarded the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section for her extraordinary work in the profession at the YLS Annual Meeting on Wednesday June 6, 2018. Brammeier, who recently was part of the Clifford Law legal team that received a record $35 million settlement, also was named a Top 40 Attorneys Under 40 award by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company in 2018. Brammeier pictured with CBA YLS…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be sworn in as a member of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) Board of Directors at its 104th Annual Installation Dinner Wednesday, June 13. King, who has long served the WBAI, is among 11 Directors who will be sworn in along with 2018-19 President Karie Valentino of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and other officers. The event will be held at The Hilton…

James C. Pullos, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been named a Leading Lawyer in Illinois, an organization that names the top lawyers in a practice area based upon peer reviews. Less than five percent of lawyers licensed in the state receive this distinction. Pullos received the recognition in the area of personal injury law. Before joining Clifford Law Offices, Jim worked at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for 14 years where he served…

Tracy Brammeier, associate at Clifford Law Offices, received the 2018 Award for the top 40 Under 40 Attorneys in Chicago by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. Recently, she obtained, along with partners Robert Clifford and Kevin Durkin, a record $35 million settlement on behalf of a woman who was severely injured in a bus accident after about a week into the trial at the Cook County Circuit Court. Tracy works to ensure quality and integrity…

Clifford Law Offices continues its commitment to service and long history of Bar Association leadership. We are so proud of associate Sarah King who was recently elected Director to the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) in the upcoming term. She and the 2018-19 officers will be sworn in at the WBAI Annual Dinner at The Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan, on June 13. Cocktail reception starts at 5 p.m. and dinner starts at 6…

  Clifford Law Offices has been selected as the 2018 Chicago Legal Clinic (CLC) recipient of the Charles J. O’Laughlin Memorial Award. The firm was recognized at the CLC’s 37th-anniversary fundraising dinner, “A Justice Social,” on May 8th. The award is named for Charles J. O’Laughlin, a founding board member of CLC after he retired as a partner at Jenner & Block. The CLC provides legal services to the underserved and disadvantaged throughout the Chicago…