Robert A. Clifford
Clifford Law Offices PCChicago, IL
About Robert
Robert A. Clifford is the founder of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, an internationally-recognized plaintiffs’ trial firm. He is among America’s Top 200 Lawyers in Forbes’ 2024 list and has received numerous awards including the Elite Trial Lawyers’ Award and Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Law Journal. He has been recognized as the number one lawyer in Illinois by Super Lawyers multiple times. Mr. Clifford has represented clients in major commercial airline crashes and served as lead counsel in the 9/11 World Trade Center subrogation and business property damage claims, settling for $1.2 billion. His trial career includes record verdicts, such as a $35 million verdict for a young woman. He is dedicated to the legal profession, holding leadership roles in the American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He also sponsors the Annual Clifford Tort Symposium at DePaul University College of Law and the firm's annual free CLE program. He served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Naples Children & Education Foundation.
Education
JD
DePaul University College of Law
Colleagues at Clifford Law Offices PC
Hon. Deborah Mary Dooling
(ret.) who sat on the Cook County Circuit Court for 23 years and also taught Professional Negligence for the Illinois Judicial Conference
Judge Thaddeus L. Wilson
Chancery Division - General Section, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. John C. Griffin
Supervising Judge of the Commercial Section of the Law Division, Cook County Circuit Court and member of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Judicial Conference Committee on Education
Justice Maureen Connors
Illinois Appellate Court
Sara Parikh
Ph.D., Managing Director, Leo J. Shapiro & Associates
Mark Palmer
Chief Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
Contact Robert
Location
120 North LaSalle Street, 36th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602
Chicago, IL
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