Speaking Engagements

Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke on, “Trying Your Medical Malpractice Case Post-Pandemic,” at the annual Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Medical Malpractice Seminar on Dec. 2, 2021. Hebeisen, who has achieved many record-setting med mal verdicts and settlements across the state, also serves as Co-Editor of the ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook, the go-to reference guide for plaintiffs’ lawyers that was completely rewritten this year. The morning-long seminar offered four hours…

Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on “Trying Your Medical Malpractice Case Post-Pandemic” at the annual Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Medical Malpractice Seminar on December 2nd, 2021. Hebeisen, who has achieved many record-setting med mal verdicts and settlements across the state, also serves as Co-Editor of the ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook, the go-to reference guide for plaintiffs’ lawyers that will be completely rewritten this year. The morning-long seminar…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be a speaker at American Association for Justice Education’s Mastering the Medicine: Medical Negligence and Birth Trauma Seminar, which will take place on November 3-5, 2021, in Atlanta, GA. Sarah will be presenting at 3:30 –4:15 p.m. on Friday, November 5, 2021. To learn more about this seminar, click here.

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on “Special Interrogatories” at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Update & Review Seminar on October 22nd, 2021. Cosgrove, who has taken many cases to record verdicts across the state, will be participating in the morning seminar that offers four hours of continuing legal education credit.  Other topics that will be covered include nursing home litigation, premises liability, mass torts and construction cases. The…

  Tracy Brammeier, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the American Bar Association (ABA) Aviation and Space Law Committee’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Annual Conference. Her topic is “Emerging Litigation and Regulatory Issues for the Aviation and Aerospace Industries in a Post-COVID-19 World.” The panel from around the country will address the novel legal issues that have arisen following the pandemic and how various stakeholders have responded…

Sarah F. King and Keith A. Hebeisen, partners at Clifford Law Offices, spoke August 4th on “Returning to Jury Trials in the Wake of COVID-19: Powder v. OSF.” The law partners obtained a $1.1 million verdict on June 4 of this year in Rockford in a medical malpractice case, Powder v. OSF, that involved the death of a 75-year-old man following a negligent cardiac catheterization procedure performed at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in 2017….

  Tracy A. Brammeier, associate at Clifford Law Offices and liaison counsel in the complex litigation involving the crash of a Boeing jet in Ethiopia, will be speaking at the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) conference to be held in Washington, D.C., Oct. 28-29. “Emerging Litigation and Regulatory Issues for the Aviation and Aerospace Industries in a Post-COVID-19 World” is the panel on which Brammeier will be speaking that includes Kathryn…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Annual Ethics Seminar April 15. Her topic during the two-hour presentation is “Discovery Sanctions.” The Ethics Webinar will be held over two mornings, 10 a.m. to noon, April 13 and 15, featuring a number of speakers including the Hon. John Ehrlich of the Cook County Circuit Court Motion Section who will offer a judicial perspective and Melissa Smart,…

James C. Pullos, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at noon at the Lunch and Learn Program Wednesday (Feb. 17, 2021) on virtual depositions sponsored by the Northwest Suburban Bar Association (NWSBA). Pullos, who has taken dozens of depositions via Zoom over the last year since the pandemic halted in-person proceedings, will be offering his experiences and pointers in taking virtual depositions. Pullos also served for 14 years as a Cook County Assistant…