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Clifford to Speak at Australian Bar Conference in Chicago

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