Clifford Law Offices
About the firm
Clifford Law Offices is a Chicago-based personal injury and wrongful death law firm founded in 1984 and recognized as one of the premier plaintiffs' litigation firms in the country. The firm handles complex catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, aviation, transportation, and product liability cases for clients nationally and internationally. Under founder Robert A. Clifford, the firm has recovered more than $5 billion in verdicts and settlements and has been named one of the '50 Elite Law Firms in the Country' by the National Law Journal.
Notable results
Robert Clifford co-led the families of 68 people killed when American Eagle Flight 4184 iced over and crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, to a record $110 million settlement and an apology in open court.
A Cook County jury returned a $101 million verdict against West Suburban Medical Center after staff ignored fetal monitoring for six hours during labor, though a pre-verdict high-low agreement limited the family's recovery to $50 million.
A Cook County jury found plastic surgeon Dr. Ayoub Sayeg liable for the death of Idalia Corcoles, a 39-year-old mother of four who bled to death after liposuction and a tummy tuck, in a case that produced a $66.262 million judgment.
Clifford Law Offices secured a $60 million settlement for Sarah Grasser, 31, left paraplegic when another driver swerved to avoid a deep pothole in an I-55 work zone and struck her car, rolling it into a ditch.
A Cook County jury awarded Antonio DeAngelo $39.9 million, an Illinois record for a stroke case, after a physician tied to Advocate Physician Partners left his dangerously high blood pressure untreated.
A Cook County jury awarded the Yoder family $38.3 million after a multi-truck pileup on Interstate 90 near Rockford killed their four-year-old daughter and left their two-year-old son permanently disabled, and the verdict survived appeal in 2008.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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