Media Appearances

For some 10 years, aviation safety advocates have been asking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to equip all commercial aircraft with low air speed alerts, a technology that warns pilots with a loud oral warning that the speed of the plane is too slow. The FAA has not acted, despite the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) making that recommendation. Senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, Robert A. Clifford, also made the FAA aware of this…

July 11, 2013 • USA Today reports on Bob Clifford’s efforts with FAA to push for low airspeed alerters • San Francisco Chronicle publishes Op Ed column by Bob Clifford on his work in trying to make flying safer • San Francisco Chronicle reporter talks to Bob Clifford in front-page story on low-airspeed alerters. READ MORE • Bob Clifford Speaks with New York Times reporter on Asiana Crash and Boeing liability. READ MORE • Kevin…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been out in front on the issue of low air speed alerters, a “focus of contention” now in light of the tragic Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco. As reported by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Demian Bulwa in a front-page story today (July 10, 2013), Clifford spoke about how the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been recommending systems on planes that would both visually…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was interviewed Sunday by reporter, Stephen Magagnini, of the popular California newspaper, The Sacramento Bee, on the possible causes of the Asiana Airlines crash. In a wide-ranging interview on Saturday’s tragic crash that left two young girls dead and dozens more injured, discussed issues from a plausible scenario that could have occurred to the Boeing 777 aircraft that crashed at San Francisco International Airport. His entire interview can…

The state’s largest medical malpractice insurance carrier reportedly reached a record $57 million in profits last year, according to an article in Crain’s Chicago Business written by reporter Andrew L. Wang. This comes after ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company predicted the opposite following the Illinois Supreme Court overturning an unfair $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in med mal cases. ISMIE insures more than half of Illinois’ physicians. The net income it filed with the state is…