Speaking Engagements

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to be part of the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Aviation Conference in Washington, D.C. Oct. 24. Clifford is part of a panel addressing the issue of “Is Self-Certification Adequate Pre-Flight?” Last month Clifford was named Lead Counsel in the crash in Ethiopia of a Boeing...

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law conference on “Contemporary Issues in Complex Litigation.” Clifford will speak on a panel Thursday (Oct. 17, 2019) morning entitled “The Evolving Role of Trials in Multijurisdiction Litigation.” Among the other panelists are the Hon. Gene E.K. Pratter of the U.S. District Court for the...

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak Oct. 18 at the 12th Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability, Insurance and Finance. Recently appointed Lead Counsel of the consolidated litigation in federal district court in Chicago involving the Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia that killed all 157 aboard, Clifford will lead a panel on “Update...

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Update and Review Seminar Oct. 11. His topic is “Overcoming Governmental Immunities.” The annual half-day program will be held at the JW Marriott, 151 W. Adams, Chicago. It offers 4.5 hours of CLE credit. Other speakers include the Hon. Elizabeth M. Budzinski of the Cook County Circuit Court...

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke Thursday (June 6, 2019) to a packed room on aviation litigation at the Chicago Bar Association’s Eight O’Clock Call. Moderated by the Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County, the early morning program at the CBA headquarters offered continuing legal education...