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Law Day 2016: Creating a greater public awareness of all that lawyers do.

“Privacy, Data Theft, and Corporate Responsibility” was the theme of the 22nd Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy at DePaul University College of Law on April 28-29, 2016. Discussions and remarks were split over two days with the first day focusing on tort perspectives and real-world challenges, and the second day focusing on privacy. Expert faculty from all over the country came together at DePaul University to share their expertise and perspective…

Clifford Law Offices is a Philanthropic Patron of the annual spring Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth dinner. The organization, which channels the legal community’s resources to promote best practices mentoring and tutoring disadvantaged youth in Chicago’s communities through annual grants and the recruitment of volunteers, was created in 1995. It has awarded more than $1.6 million in grants and has affected the lives of tens of thousands of needy youth. Robert Clifford’s daughter, Erin Clifford who…

Bob Clifford participated in the American Bar Association (ABA) mock trial The Trial of Al Capone for Murder at the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on April 13th, 2016 at the Goodman Theatre. Bob played the role of Al Capone. In the mock trial, Capone stood trial for the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre that allegedly included gang members of the rival North Side. The jury verdict and audience vote was not guilty. The event included…

The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF) awarded $11.9 million in grants to more than 30 organizations dedicated to helping needy children in southwest Florida. “The money the Foundation raised will make a difference in the lives of so many children,” said Robert A. Clifford, President of the Foundation and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices. “It’s investing in the future of this area and of our country through its children.” A grants committee of…

Clifford Law Offices was a Diamond Sponsor of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) at its 2016 Judicial Reception Wednesday night at the Chicago Cultural Center. Several judges were honored with the Mary Heftel Hooten award including the Hon. Chief Judge Ruben Castillo, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of the firm, presented the award to Judge Castillo. The award is named for Hooten,…

Robert Clifford will participate in the American Bar Association (ABA) mock trial The Trial of Al Capone for Murder at the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Robert (Bob) Clifford will play the role of Al Capone. In the mock trial, Capone will stand trial for the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre that allegedly included gang members of the rival North Side. The event will include respected judges and lawyers as well as live testimony from popular…

  The Trial of Antigone: Heroine Or Enemy of The State? Leading U.S. legal scholars take on the case of Antigone v. Creon An all-star team of litigators including Robert Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, is preparing to take on one of the great legal cases in literary history sponsored by the National Hellenic Museum. The Trial of Antigone follows the extraordinary success of the Trial of Socrates and…

On February 18th, 2016 Clifford Law Offices sponsored a free 2-hour continuing legal education (CLE) program on “The Ethics of Pre-Trial and Trial Work” in the ninth annual Clifford Law Offices Continuing Legal Education Series. The CLE program had an all-time high of more than 3,900 registrants. Photo above- left to right: Robert A. Clifford, moderator, standing Judge John C. Griffin, Supervising Judge, Cook County Circuit Court Mary Robinson, Mary Robinson Law Professor Robert Burns,…