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Robert Anthony Clifford
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Biography
Bob Clifford is the founder of Clifford Law Offices, which concentrates its practice in helping victims of personal injury, medical malpractice, mass torts, consumer and health care fraud, product liability, and aviation and transportation disasters. Bob regularly handles complex damage cases and routinely receives multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.
Mr. Clifford has represented those injured or killed in every major commercial airline crash in the U.S. in the last three decades. Clifford was named Lead Counsel in the U.S. federal district court litigation involving the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302’s Boeing 737 Max8 jet on March 10, 2019, in Ethiopia. His aviation litigation representation includes the American Airlines crash at O’Hare in 1979; the United Airlines DC-10 crash in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989; the Comair runway crash in Lexington, Kentucky of 2006; the Continental Colgan crash of 2009; and, internationally, the Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam of 2009 as well as the tragic Boeing crash of a 737 MAX-8 in Ethiopia in 2019. Mr. Clifford served as the liaison counsel for the subrogation and business property damage claims that resulted from our nation’s tragedy on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York. He served as lead counsel in the negotiation and settlement of those claims that settled for $1.2 billion.
Bob was named by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report as the Lawyer of the Year in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions in 2016 and again in 2019 in the Chicago metropolitan area. He was appointed to serve as co-lead counsel in a case for which several attorneys recently secured a $250 million settlement against State Farm Insurance company. Bob also serves as co-lead counsel in a data breach case filed in state court against Advocate Medical Group, Illinois’ largest healthcare system, involving more than four million patients and reportedly the largest healthcare data breach in the nation’s history. In addition, Bob was appointed as co-lead counsel in a class action filed against Pella Windows Corporation, a nationwide window manufacturer. U.S. District Court Judge James B. Zagel of the Northern District of Illinois appointed Clifford “as class counsel for his demonstrated skills in the field”. Most recently, Bob and other attorneys have joined to represent numerous hospitals across the country in their fight against the manufacturers of opioid drugs. Clifford Law Offices also represents numerous women in their allegations against Johnson & Johnson stemming from use of the company’s talcum powder products. Just recently, the National Trial Lawyers named Bob Clifford as the Class Action Trial Lawyer of 2018.
In addition to practicing law, Mr. Clifford is dedicated to the furtherance of the legal profession and has been actively involved in and held leadership roles with the American Bar Association (Chair of the Section of Litigation and Chair of the ABA’s charitable arm, the Fund for Justice and Education), Chicago Bar Association (President), Chicago Inn of Court (President), American College of Trial Lawyers and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President). He is also a member of the American Law Institute, the Inner Circle of Advocates and serves on the Board of Directors for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice. For more than 25 years, he has sponsored the Annual Clifford Tort Symposium on Tort Law and Civil Justice at DePaul University College of Law. Mr. Clifford also served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Naples Children & Education Foundation, a charitable organization and host of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, which benefits over 200,000 at-risk and underprivileged children in Southwest Florida.
Practice Areas
15
Practice Areas
Aviation
7%
Birth Injury
7%
Car Accident
7%
Construction and Development
7%
Fees and Rates
Awards
Licenses
Licensed in Illinois for 49 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1976
No misconduct found
Location
Clifford Law Offices PC
120 North La Salle Street, 36th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60602
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"Robert Clifford is that rare person who sincerely cares about helping whether injured clients or fellow lawyers in need of advice. His verdicts have been among the largest in Illinois history providing injured people with resources to survive. importantly he works well with other lawyers during trial to unify case issues. Bob Clifford is among the best!"
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Top 10: 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2020
Best Lawyers in America, 1993-Present, Best Lawyers in America
2020
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Media
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
2019
Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers List, Illinois Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Honoree, Lawyers for the Creative Arts
2018
Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers List, Illinois Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
L. Sanford Blustin Award, North Suburban Bar Association
2017
Unity Award, Diversity Scholarship Foundation
2017
Justice John Paul Stevens Award, Chicago Bar Association
2017
Lifetime Achievement Award, America's Top 100 Attorneys
2017
Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers List, Illinois Super Lawyers
2016
Who's Who in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business
2016
#1 Super Lawyer in Illinois, Super Lawyers
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Person of Valor, Chicago Police Memorial Foundation
2015
Who's Who in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business
2015
Top 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans, Chicago Magazine
2015
Top Mass Tort/Class Action Lawyer in the Chicago metro area, Best Lawyers
2015
Top Mass Tort/Class Action Lawyer in the Chicago metro area, Best Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers List, Super Lawyers
2014
#1 Super Lawyer in Illinois, Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Who's Who in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business
2014
Top 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans, Chicago Magazine
2014
Professionalism Award, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
2014
Elite Trial Lawyers Award, The National Law Journal
2013
Top 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans, Chicago Magazine
2013
#1 Super Lawyer in Illinois, Super Lawyers
2013
Who's Who in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Who's Who in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Plaintiff's Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers
2012
#1 Super Lawyer in Illinois, Super Lawyers
2012
Person of the Year, Chicago Lawyer
2011
#1 Super Lawyer in Chicago, Super Lawyers
2011
Illinois Leading Lawyer, Leading Lawyer
2011
Top Ten Consumer Leading Lawyer in Illinois, Leading Lawyer
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2010
Crain's Top Civic, Cultural and Professional Leaders in Chicago, Crain's
2010
Trial Lawyer Excellence Award, Jury Verdict Reporter
2010
#1 Super Lawyer in Chicago, Super Lawyers
2010
Top Ten Consumer Leading Lawyer in Illinois, Leading Lawyers
2010
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2010
10 for Ten:Ten Attorneys who Raised the Bar Over the Last Decade, Chicago Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2006
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2005
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
N/A
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
1995 - Present
Partner, Clifford Law Offices, PC
1900 - Present
Senior Partner, Clifford Law Offices, P.C.
1994 - 1995
Partner, Corboy, Demetrio & Clifford
1985 - 1994
Partner, Robert A. Clifford & Associates
1984 - 1985
Partner, Clifford & Henely, Ltd.
Associations
1994 - Present
American College of Trial Lawyers
1994 - Present
International Academy of Trial Lawyers
1976 - Present
American Bar Association
1976 - Present
American Association for Justice
1976 - Present
Chicago Bar Association
1976 - Present
Illinois State Bar Association
1976 - Present
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
2009 - 2010
Chicago Bar AssociationSecond Vice President
2004 - 2014
American Bar AssociationIllinois State Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates
2001 - 2002
American Bar AssociationChair, Section of Litigation
1990 - 1991
Illinois Trial Lawyers AssociationPresident
Education
2003
DePaul University College of Law
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
2003
DePaul University, College of Law
DL
1976
DePaul University College of Law
Juris Doctor
1973
DePaul University, College of Commerce
BSC
Speaking Engagements
2020
Recovering COVID-19 Business expenses and Lost Profits - Maximizing Commercial Insurance Coverage
Business owners trying to recover lost profits
2020
Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Civil Jury Trials
Virtual Program on Jury Trials in a Pandemic
2019
The Evolving Role of Trials in Multijurisdiction Litigation
Contemporary Issues in Complex Litigation
2019
Is Self-Certification Adequate Pre-Flight?
Aviation Conference
2019
12th Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability, Insurance and FInance
Update on Productions Liability Cases and a Case Study on Major Accident Litigation: Plaintiff and Defendant Strategies
2018
Trial of Megacles
Mock Trial - Megacles
2017
Trucking: Taking it to Trial: Preparing, Presenting and Winning Your Case
Complex Trucking Accident Trials
2017
The Trial of Parthenon Marbles
Mock Trial - Parthenon Marbles
2017
Tales from the Bench: Judges Reflect on Attorney Behavior
Moderator - Judges Perspectives
2017
Social Media Ethics Outside and in the Courtroom
Moderator on Social Media
2017
Reinventing Motion Practice to Win
Efficiency in motion practice
2016
The Trial of Antigone: Heroine or Enemy of the State?
Mock Trial - Antigone
2016
The Trial of Al Capone for Murder at the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Mock Trial - Al Capone
2015
Where Would You Try a Case?
Moderator - Action Primer on Trial Skills
2015
The Chicago Trial that Never Was: The Eastland Disaster Criminal Retrial 2015
Mock trial involving the 1915 Eastland Disaster
2015
Section of Litigation Annual Meeting
Opening Statements in re-trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
2015
Beginning with the End in Mind - Classic Chicago Closings
Closing Arguments
2014
Trial of Orestes
Mock Trial - Orestes
2014
The Trial of Socrates Redux: BYO Hemlock
Mock Trial - Socrates
2014
Jury Selection Seminar
Jury Selection
2014
Fred Lane's ISBA Trial Technique Institute
Opening Statements
2014
Damages Seminar
Closing Arguments
2013
Re-trial of Socrates
Mock Trial - Socrates
Publications
2020
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Take More Action, TAWS may have helped prevent tragic helicopter crash
2018
Lawyers Quarterly Special Winter Edition
Business and Commercial Litigation
2015
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Skill at Taking Depositions Brings Victories in the Courtroom
2014
Chicago Lawyer
Time to Take Data Breaches to Court
2014
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Early Steps, Vital Steps: Truck Accidents Require Quick Action to Preserve Evidence
2014
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
A Dose of Reality for Law Schools, Students
2014
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Time for More Accountability in the Health Care Profession
2014
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
If Communication is Rockin', the ARDC Won't Come A Knockin'
2014
San Fancisco Chronicle
Two Essential Tools Would Prevent Repeat of Malaysian Mystery
2013
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Laws Evolve on Phones and Driving
2013
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Separating the Good from the Bad
2013
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
No Immunity for Negligence
2013
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Drivers and Cyclists Must Mix
2012
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Granite State, Granite Heart
2012
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Offering the Personal Touch
2012
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
When an Offer is Not an Offer
2012
Chicago Lawyer Magazine
Navigating the Waters of Mediation
Languages
English