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Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, was profiled as the Advocate of the Month in April by the Advocates Society, the Association of Polish-American Attorneys, in Chicago. She has been a member of the Advocates Society for more than a decade and is currently on the Board of Directors as well as the PR/Newsletter Committee. “The purpose of the Society is to promote the welfare of its members; establish and maintain proper…

Zachary D. Clopton, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Professor, is the Inaugural Robert A. Clifford Scholar-in-Residence at DePaul University College of Law. Clopton’s presented on February 16th, 2021 on “Multi-District Litigation (MDL) as Category.” The virtual event featured an introduction by Bob Clifford, commentary from Stanford Law Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom and reflections from Judge Robert M. Dow, Jr. of the Northern District of Illinois. Clifford (JD ’76) endowed the Clifford Chair in Tort Law…

CHICAGO, IL (January 2021) – Seventeen attorneys from Clifford Law Offices have been selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers List. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and…

Clifford Law Offices was named to the list of Top 10 Medical Malpractice Settlements in the US in 2019 by Top Verdict, for the Estate of Lara v. County of Cook case – an $8.5 million settlement. The settlement was on behalf of a mother who died after childbirth at Stroger Hospital following the medical team’s failure to recognize and treat signs and symptoms of ongoing bleeding from a placental abruption. Keith A. Hebeisen and…

Bob Walsh, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court as a member of the Committee on Character and Fitness, Second District, for 2021. The Supreme Court of Illinois is the highest court in Illinois. The Committee on Character and Fitness evaluates the moral character and general fitness of applicants to practice law in Illinois. Bob Walsh is one of Clifford Law Offices’ most qualified Chicago accident lawyers. He is…

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Professor Zachary D. Clopton has been named the inaugural Robert A. Clifford Scholar-in-Residence at DePaul University College of Law. A committee of leading civil justice law faculty examined the work of professors nationwide who have contributed to this field and chose Clopton as the inaugural Scholar. The Clifford Scholar-in-Residence program promotes and furthers the discussion of civil justice issues that impact all Americans. A cornerstone of this program is a…

Shannon M. McNulty, partner at Clifford Law Offices and head of the firm’s mass tort/class action practice, was named Co-Lead Counsel in the litigation involving business interruption claims resulting from the pandemic that has severely hit this country’s businesses. McNulty, head of the firm’s mass tort/class action practice, was one of five attorneys from across the country who was named by U.S. District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang who is hearing the cases involving the…

Clifford Law Offices filed lawsuits on behalf of 11 individuals against Aspen Dental Clinic in Crestwood for two hidden cameras found in a unisex employees’ bathroom. The lawsuits, which allege negligent hiring, negligent supervision, negligent retention of one of its employees who allegedly placed the two hidden cameras sometime in September 2020, until an employee discovered one of them on Oct. 22, 2020. The second camera in the bathroom was found a few days later…

Clifford Law Offices partners, Sarah King and Shannon McNulty were among 50 exceptional women leaders in the law named as the inaugural Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Chicago Lawyer Salute! Women in Law Award honorees. 500 women in law were nominated by their peers and the honorees were screened by the Women’s Advisory Panel and then chosen by the CDLB & CL selection committee. Sarah and Shannon were selected for making an incredible impact on…