Awards & Recognitions

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker was re-elected to a second three-year term in the Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors in a highly contested race. Previously, she held several committee assignments and was elected to three terms on the ISBA Assembly. Just last week, Pam was elected President of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago. Also elected to the ISBA was Rory T. Weiler as Third Vice-President. Nora Devine, Mark L. Karno, Sarah E. Toney and…

CHICAGO, IL (May 2019) – Seventeen lawyers from Clifford Law Offices have been named to Leading Lawyer’s “Leading Personal Injury Plaintiff’s Lawyers” list. “Leading Lawyers have been recommended by their peers to be among the TOP LAWYERS in the areas of practice noted on this website. Less than 5% of all lawyers licensed in each state have received the distinction of Leading Lawyer,” states Leading Lawyers on their website. Leading Lawyers adds, “The list of…

Sarah King has been re-elected as a Director of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She will be serving the 2019-2020 term. She will be sworn in during the WBAI 105th Annual Installation Dinner on May 30, 2019. The WBAI site states, “The WBAI Annual Dinner is one of the most well-attended events in the Chicago legal community, drawing over 800 lawyers, judges and dignitaries. In addition to swearing in its Officers and Directors for…

CHICAGO, IL (May 2019) – Robert A. Clifford, Founder and Senior Partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be receiving the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is given annually to someone selected by a committee appointed by the ITLA president. “The recipient is someone who has devoted, as Leonard did, a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, has done more than is called for,…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be receiving the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award at its 47th Annual Convention. A committee decides on giving the Award to a lawyer each year who has demonstrated “a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, someone who has done more than is called for” in the name of Ring, a prominent trial attorney…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be sworn in as president of the Catholic Lawyers Guild May 1st. Justice Anne Burke of the Illinois Supreme Court will swear in Menaker and all of the officers at 5 p.m. at Jenner & Block, 343 Clark St., 45th Floor, Chicago. The Very Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, Rector at Holy Name Cathedral and Pam’s brother, will give the opening prayer. Registration for the meeting is…

Shannon M. McNulty, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been inducted into the International Society of Barristers. Membership is by invitation only which is preceded by a rigorous screening process that considers the lawyer’s ability, experience, accomplishments and ethical standards as assessed and recommended by trial lawyers and judges. The Society places emphasis on the preservation of trial by jury and civility. McNulty heads the class action/mass tort practice area at the firm. She handles…

Clifford Law Offices was recognized in five of the TopVerdict™ lists for 2018. According to TopVerdict.com, the organization “[recognizes] U.S. law firms and attorneys who have obtained one of the highest jury verdicts, court awards, or settlements, in the Nation or an individual State, in a particular area of law, and year.” Clifford Law Offices is listed in the following: Top 10 Premises Liability Verdicts in the United States in 2018 #10 Amount: $21,500,000.00 Attorneys:…

Clifford Law Offices was named Aviation Law Firm of the Year in 2020 by The National Law Journal. The award is part of the 2020 Elite Trial Lawyers annual recognition, following extensive research since 2015. The award comes on the heels of Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, being named Lead Counsel in the March 10 crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 airplane in Ethiopia. Clifford Law Offices represents dozens…