Overview
Founded in 1984 by Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offices is a nationally recognized plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm based in Chicago, dedicated to Righting the Heaviest Wrongs®. The firm’s attorneys bring decades of experience handling complex, high-stakes matters involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death, including aviation, transportation, medical malpractice, and product liability litigation.
As the largest Chicago-based personal injury law firm focused on plaintiffs’ work, Clifford Law Offices offers exceptional legal talent, extensive resources, and unwavering determination, with hundreds of years of combined experience among its attorneys.
Every member of the firm is guided by the highest principles of the legal profession, placing clients first and pursuing justice with integrity and skill. Clifford Law Offices is widely regarded as setting the standard for professional excellence, and its litigation efforts have resulted in meaningful change for the public, including the elimination of defective products and unsafe practices.
The firm has been named by The National Law Journal as one of the Top 50 “America’s Elite Trial Lawyers,” the only Chicago firm to receive this distinction, and was also recognized as one of the nation’s Top 10 Litigation Boutiques.
Home to more than 20 Chicago-based trial attorneys, Clifford Law Offices provides experienced counsel in a broad range of practice areas, including:
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Maritime Law / Maritime Litigation
Medical Malpractice and Hospital Negligence
Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Litigation
Spinal Cord Injury
Transportation Liability
Railroad Accidents
Truck Accidents and Injuries
Product Liability
Construction Liability
Premises Liability
Qui Tam / Whistleblower
Pelvic Mesh / Mass Torts
Natural Gas Explosions
Aviation Litigation
Commercial Aviation Liability
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About Our Clients
Clients turn to Clifford Law Offices for its exceptional legal talent, depth of resources, and determination to take cases to trial when necessary to achieve accountability and justice. The firm’s award-winning legal teams have recovered billions of dollars in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, securing numerous significant verdicts and settlements, including many record-setting results across a wide range of practice areas.
Among these outcomes, the Chicago medical malpractice attorneys at Clifford Law Offices secured a record $101 million verdict on behalf of a child who sustained catastrophic brain injuries at birth at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois. The verdict, obtained by Keith A. Hebeisen, Bradley M. Cosgrove, Sarah F. King, and Charles R. Haskins, ensures lifelong, around-the-clock care for the child and stands among the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Illinois history.
The firm is also nationally recognized for its leadership in aviation litigation. Clifford Law Offices has represented victims and families in every major commercial airline crash in the United States for more than four decades, as well as numerous general aviation accidents nationwide. The firm currently represents the families of 74 victims who lost loved ones in the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash in Ethiopia. Many of the firm’s aviation matters have resolved confidentially, reflecting the firm’s ability to achieve meaningful results in complex international cases. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at the firm, serves as lead counsel in the ongoing litigation in federal district court in Chicago and supports families in their continued fight for justice and accountability against Boeing.
Among other aviation matters, Clifford Law Offices represents nine families who lost loved ones in the January 29, 2025, midair collision involving a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Eagle regional jet over the Potomac River. Attorneys from the firm’s aviation team actively participated in multi-day hearings before the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the investigation into the cause of the crash.
Whether representing a single injured client or families affected by large-scale tragedies, Clifford Law Offices is sought out for its experience, credibility, and unwavering commitment to clients when the stakes are highest.
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