Press Release, 04/26/2007
Robert A. Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Australian Bar Association’s (ABA) Annual Conference in Chicago June 26-29.
Clifford will address the group on "Working with the Media in High Profile Cases" at 9:00am, Thursday, June 28th. The 2007 ABA Conference is looking into litigation in the United States and factors which provide insight into the practice of law in Australia. Major themes to be explored are the U.S. Constitution and terrorism, litigation in the United States from depositions to witnesses and the appointment of judges: tenure, confirmation and discipline.
Other speakers at the conference include Chief Judge James Holderman of the U.S. District Court of Illinois; Federal District Court Judges Richard Posner and Suzanne B. Conlon, Northern District of Illinois; Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Judge Abner Mikva, visiting professor at the University of Chicago; Victor Henderson, President-Elect, Chicago Bar Association; Joseph Bisceglia, President-Elect, Illinois State Bar Association; Lee Epstein, professor, Northwestern University; Tina Tchen, partner, Skadden Arps and Stephen Schwab, partner, DLA Piper.
The three-day conference will be held at the Drake Hotel. For more information, visit www.austbar.asn.au and to download a registration form click on www.qldbar.asn.au/REGO_FORM.pdf
The National Law Journal, 02/26/2007
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Press Release, 02/20/2007
Robert A. Clifford will speak on an all-star panel on "When to Take the Case, When to Settle" on April 11 in a seminar sponsored by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.
Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking with C. Barry Montgomery of Williams Montgomery & John, Tom Demetrio of Corboy & Demetrio, and John Kirkton of the Jury Verdict Reporter. The panel will speak on strategies in initially valuing a case and positioning a client’s case for settlement as well as a tutorial on researching and compiling previous verdicts and settlements in support of a client’s position.
The breakfast and networking will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Chicago Athletic Association, 12 S. Michigan Av., Chicago. The program, which offers two hours of continuing legal education credit, will be held from 8-10:30 a.m.
To register, call 312-644-2804 or go online at LawBulletin.com/legal/law-bulletin-seminars/case-evaluation.
Press Release, 02/19/2007
Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be bestowed the "Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession Award" by the International Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity (PAD).
Durkin, current President of the Chicago Bar Association, will be recognized for his working tirelessly to promote the legal profession in Chicago and in recognition for his public service to the people of Illinois. He will receive the award at a luncheon at the Union League Club on Monday, March 12.
Based in Baltimore, Maryland, PAD is the world’s largest law fraternity with 265,000 members worldwide. Having been founded more than 100 years ago, its purpose is to form a strong bond uniting students and teachers of the law with members of the bench and bar to advance the ideals of liberty and equal justice and stimulate excellence in scholarship as well as inspire compassion and courage.
Press Release, 02/19/2007
Robert A. Clifford is part of an all-star panel discussing litigation and the media Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Public Relations Society of America.
Mr. Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices and lawyer for many high-profile clients, will be speaking on media coverage of litigation over the years and the rules governing such communications.
Jayne Thompson, President of a public relations firm, lawyer and former First Lady of Illinois; Larry Yellen, investigative reporter for Fox News in Chicago; and Sheldon Zenner, national head of the White Collar Litigation group at Katten Muchin Rosenman in Chicago also will be on the panel. Harlan Loeb, U.S. Director of Litigation Communications of Financial Dynamics, will serve as moderator.
The Public Relations Society, headquartered in New York, is the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals with more than 31,000 members.
Web Release, 09/22/2009
Robert A. Clifford, an outspoken person for the rights of personal injury victims, speaks on America's Nightly Scoreboard on Fox Business Network at 6 p.m. CST on September 22, 2009. He will appear on David Asman's show with Dr. Marc Siegal, Assistant Professor of New York University, discussing health care reform and how it needs to focus on preventative health care and insurance regulations, not taking away the rights of personal injury victims.
Click here to view a video of the discussion.
Press Release, 10/05/2009
Kim Halvorsen, associate at Clifford Law Offices, has been named one of the Chicago Bar Foundation’s (CBF) pro bono “stars” in 2009.
To commemorate Pro Bono Week, Oct. 25-30, the CBF in conjunction with the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), has named 12 attorneys and judges in the Chicago area who have incorporated pro bono into their successful, busy careers. Halvorsen has been named one of these lawyers, given her commitment to pro bono work in the Chicago community.
Halvorsen is an active volunteer helping with probate work for those in need through the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation (CVLS) which has been providing free legal services to the needy and the disabled for 45 years. She also recently was named to the CVLS first-ever Junior Board. She will be participating in the activities during Pro Bono Week to help raise awareness among the legal community as well as the Chicago area of the free legal services that are available to those in need.
