Community Involvement

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker was sworn in on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, for her third three-year term as a Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago board member at its 2024 Annual Meeting. She was sworn in with 19 other lawyers and judges including Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Mary Jane Theis. The election and swearing-in of officers and members of the Board of Governors of the Guild was followed by a reception at Jenner &…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be honored by the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law at its annual spring mock trial competition open to all first-year law students. The Bradley Cosgrove 1L Mock Trial Competition, named in Cosgrove’s honor, will be held May 10 at the University’s law school, formerly the John Marshall Law School, Cosgrove’s alma mater. Cosgrove’s decade of experience at Clifford Law Offices holds many notable verdicts…

Watch Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, re-try one of history’s most famous court cases: The People v. Socrates. The mock trial will air on Lakeshore PBS on May 10 and June 13 at 9 p.m. CST. Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joins Clifford as they defend Socrates (portrayed by Hollywood actor and Second City alum John Kapelos) from charges of impiety and corrupting the youth of…

Clifford Law Offices is proud to support, for the third year in a row, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital Women’s Board Annual Spring Fundraiser on April 27, 2024, at 28 Mile Distilling Company in Highwood. The Women’s Board of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital supports the hospital through fundraising, volunteerism, education, and advocacy. The funds raised at the 2024 spring event will enhance nursing education and support Lake Forest Hospital and other vital Women’s Board…

Robert A. Clifford and Clifford Law Offices are longtime supporters of the Camillus House, a nonprofit organization providing housing assistance, treatment assistance, and other specialized services and resources to underprivileged and homeless individuals and families in South Florida. As Founding Trustee sponsors, Bob and his wife, Joan, are proud supporters of the mission of the Camillus House and have contributed to the organization’s fundraising efforts over the years. Their support continues in 2024 with their…

Clifford Law Offices is proud to sponsor Kerfuffle!, the annual benefit event supporting the Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts). The fundraising event will take place on May 2, 2024, from 5:30 to 10:00 pm at Morgan Manufacturing. Kerfuffle! will feature performances by the next generation of writers, dancers, musicians, actors, and artists, showcasing the talents of hundreds of scholar-artists from across Chicago. All proceeds from the event directly support ChiArts’ dance, creative writing,…

National Hellenic Museum’s The Trial of Pericles Wednesday, April 17 7 p.m. at the Harris Theater Nationally renowned attorneys to argue ancient Greek case regarding voting rights, including Katerina Alexopoulos (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Patrick M. Collins (King & Spalding), Tinos Diamantatos (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius), Sarah F. King (Clifford Law Offices), James C. Pullos (Clifford Law Offices) and Patrick A. Salvi II (Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard) Judges include Ret. Circuit Court Judge Anna…

On April 10, Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined the Rufus Williams Show on WVON (1690 AM) morning radio to speak about the upcoming mock Trial of Pericles, an event sponsored by the National Hellenic Museum. She was joined by Patrick Collins of King & Spaulding LLC whom she will be squaring off against in the mock trial on April 17 at the Harris Theater. King and James C. Pullos, partner at…

Clifford Law Offices was a Bar Sponsor of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois’ (WBAI) 25th Annual Judicial Reception. The event took place Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at The Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, IL. Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, currently serves as the WBAI’s First Vice President. She is involved in numerous bar association activities and will be sworn in as the association’s President in June 2024. The WBAI was established…