Clifford Law Offices is an Experienced Aviation Accident Law Firm

Clifford Law Offices is a Chicago-based law firm experienced in the handling of complex litigation that accompanies airline plane crashes similar to the recent crash of a Caribbean Airlines jet at the end of the runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Timehri, Guyana. The flight was headed from New York to Guyana and skidded off a wet runway. Fortunately, there were no deaths, but it was reported that several dozen people were injured.

Current Clifford Law Offices litigation includes the Southwest Airlines plane that skidded off the runway at Midway Airport and the Turkish Airlines plane that crash landed near Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin and other aviation attorneys at the aviation law firm have experience in commercial jet crashes both in the United States and abroad. Not only has the aviation law firm been involved in nearly every major commercial air crash disaster in America, the aviation lawyers at the firm have been involved in several major air crashes in other countries. Recently, Clifford Law Offices was retained by 11 families who lost loved ones or those who survived the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 on Feb. 25, 2009. The Boeing jet crashed into a muddy field two miles from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, killing nine and injuring 80 others.

Clifford Law Offices represented the Woods family who lost their son when a Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway at Midway Airport, crashing into their car and injuring the other family members who witnessed their little boy's tragic death. That is the same type of plane that was involved in the terrible tragedy in Amsterdam in February, 2009, when a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed in a muddy field that killed nine people including three employees of Boeing who were on that flight. Another Boeing employee was seriously injured along with more than 100 others who survived that terrible crash. The Boeing 737-800 is the same plane involved in the crash on December 23, 2009, at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica. There, American Airlines Flight 331 skidded off the runway, lurching to a stop just feet from the Caribbean Sea. More than 90 people were injured and reportedly taken to area hospitals in Jamaica. The U.S. State Department reported that 76 American passengers were on board. The NTSB is investigating with Jamaica officials.

Boeing, based in Chicago, has been named as a defendant in a number of the lawsuits filed in the incident involving Helios Airways flight HCY 622 that left Larnaca Cyprus International Airport on Aug. 14, 2005. The complaints allege a number of design defects including a horn that sounds when a pressurization valve is incorrectly set. Apparently the same horn sounds with take-off problems which might have led to confusion by the pilots in the Greece air crash. Boeing has since revised its training manuals.

Clifford Law Offices also represented a number of families who lost loved ones on Comair Flight 5191 that crashed on the runway in Lexington, Kentucky, on August 27, 2006. After years of litigation and investigation by our aviation law firm, the cases successfully settled. The crash occurred on the runway in the early morning hours and the pilots went down the wrong runway. They were supposed to take Runway 22, a longer runway which would have provided enough distance for the takeoff of the jet. Instead, the pilots realized they were on too short a runway too late and the plane crashed through a fence as it tried to take off at the end of Runway 26. All 47 passengers and two crew members were killed. The first officer survived that crash.

Our knowledgeable attorneys are experienced in air crash litigation around the world. The firm's highly experienced trial attorneys have successfully represented passengers and crew members involving commercial aviation litigation as well as private aircraft, corporate jets and helicopter crashes. Mr. Clifford and his firm have brought lawsuits against a number of major airlines and aircraft manufacturers involved in these tragedies in the last 25 years.

Aviation liability is a highly complex area of law that requires in-depth knowledge of many facets of aviation. Robert Clifford, Kevin Durkin and Richard Burke have deposed literally hundreds of experts and top executives at aviation firms around the world in preparation for trial. The firm, in fact, hires experts from around the globe to help in its trial preparation work. Timothy Tomasik, partner at Clifford Law Offices, also is very active in this complex area of law. In addition to working round-the-clock on the World Trade Center property damage litigation surrounding the tragic 9/11 air crashes, he is handling the case involving the crash of the private jet that killed the younger son of NBC Sports Chairman, Dick Ebersol. A chartered Challenger jet crashed moments after take-off in November, 2004. His elder son dragged his dad out of the fiery plane. Initial National Transportation Safety Board reports indicated the plane's wings were not de-iced in the freezing weather.

Because aviation cases are complex, it's important to select an airline crash attorney with a proven track record. To contact us via email fill out the form on your right with some details on your case and a convenient time for us to call. You can also call us toll free at 1-800-899-0410 or (312) 899-9090 if you are in the Chicago, Illinois area.

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Robert Clifford and Kevin Durkin have been leaders in the field of aviation. Mr. Durkin has served as Co-Chair of the Aviation Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation for four years. They are frequent speakers on programs that attract attorneys, experts and airline executives. Lawyers from around the country turn to Clifford Law Offices for its vast experience and commitment to professionalism and excellence in pursuing these claims. Richard Burke concentrates much of his practice on product liability law which includes defects found in aircraft, often the cause of many large and small airplane crashes. It is meticulous, intensive work.

Clifford Law Offices received national first-tier rankings in Plaintiffs' Product Liability Litigation in the 2010 U.S. News-Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" Guide. Thousands of clients and law firms were surveyed by U.S. News-Best Lawyers. This is the first time that a national ranking has been compiled and it was featured in the October print issue of U.S. News & World Report. Airplanes are considered a product and finding out what goes wrong with them is a complex issue. Robert Clifford, senior and name partner at the firm, was named the 2009 Best Lawyers' Top Personal Injury Attorney in Chicago. The firm also received Metropolitan First-Tier rankings in Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs' Product Liability Litigation and Plaintiffs' Medical Malpractice Law in what some have called the most comprehensive view of the U.S. legal profession. Thousands of law firms and clients were surveyed. Robert Clifford has been named a Best Lawyer since the publication's inception in 1983. Kevin Durkin and Keith Hebeisen, partners at the firm, were named Best Lawyers in the 2011 edition. Robert A. Clifford was selected in 2004 as one of the "five most respected and feared plaintiffs' attorneys" in the country by Corporate Legal Times, calling him "the best of the bad." The National Law Journal named Mr. Clifford's firm on the "Plaintiffs' Hot List: 20 Go-To Teams" in 2004 and one of the top 25 firms in 2003. The publication also named Robert Clifford one of the Top Ten Litigators in Illinois as well as one of the nation's Top Ten Litigators. American Lawyer Media recognized Mr. Clifford as one of the Top Ten Most Influential Lawyers in Illinois in 2000. He has consistently been voted by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America , and he was named one of Chicago's "30 Toughest Lawyers" by Chicago Magazine in 2002. He was selected to be a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group of 100 trial lawyers from around the country.

Clifford Law Offices is located in Chicago, Illinois, home of the busiest airport in the world.

For an experienced aviation accident attorney or airplane accident lawyer, contact Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, Illinois. Our attorneys are available for consultations. Please complete the form to the right or phone (866) 850-6777.