Bob Clifford attended a celebration honoring long-time Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reporter John Rooney who received a byline posted on the famed Billy Goat tavern’s wall. Rooney, who recently retired from the paper following decades of reporting and thousands of bylines, was honored at the Chicago restaurant made famous by the late comedian John Belushi who shouted “Cheezborger, Cheezborger” as they flipped burgers for patrons on Saturday Night Live.
Sarah F. King
The numbers are impressive: Sarah King is only 28. She hasn’t even been practicing law for four full years. But in 2013 and 2014, King second-chaired medical malpractice cases that have brought in a total of nearly $31.5 million in positive verdicts for her clients. In every year from 2012 through 2015, King second-chaired a complicated medical malpractice case. These cases brought in significant verdicts ranging from $1.8 million to more than $15 million for…
Shannon M. McNulty
Partner The truly gifted lawyer is one who generates praise not only from clients, her partners and judges, but attracts it also from her courtroom opponents. Shannon McNulty, an attorney with Chicago’s Clifford Law Offices, has earned just this kind of praise. And it’s little wonder why: At just 35, McNulty routinely handles the most complex of product-liability cases. She does so with flair, regularly earning positive settlements for some of the largest manufacturers in…
“To Specialize or Not to Specialize”
The National Law Review on Oct. 7, 2015, published an article by Steve Fretzin on “To Specialize or Not to Specialize.” In that article, a client of Clifford Law Offices was quoted as saying: “#1. You need to be the best at what you do. Whether you are a litigator or an estate-planning attorney, nothing is more important than being skilled at your craft…. A good example of this occurred when I was badly injured…
Are Drug Ad Warnings Too Long and Confusing?
All of us have heard commercials for prescriptions drugs of one kind or another and towards the end of the spot, the announcer rattles off a list of possible side effects or dangers, some which may even include death. Despite the flowers and smiles in the videos and print ads, the warnings can be very serious and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that approves drugs for consumer use is now questioning whether the warnings…
Department of Justice Asked to Probe of Structured Settlement Buyouts
The Washington Post today reports that Democratic Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) have asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch to open an investigation into “whether companies that purchase settlement payment rights have violated federal law amid mounting criticism that some deals have taken advantage of vulnerable residents in poor, urban communities. ‘Our goal is to have the Attorney General’s office take a deep dive into these practices and expose…
Law School and Politics with Bob Clifford
“If you want to be successful in law school or in the law, know and understand politics.” – Bob Clifford
How to Choose a Surgeon? Use a Scorecard
Choosing a surgeon can be a daunting task, and ProPublica, a not-for-profit news organization based in New York that produces investigative journalism in the public interest, researched thousands of doctors and how well they performed surgeries over a four-year period. Focusing on surgeons and not hospitals, ProPublica examined 16,827 doctors across the country focusing on eight surgical procedures performed thousands of times a day, scheduled in advance and generally performed on patients in stable health….