Sarah King
Partner | Clifford Law Offices
Sarah King is a medical malpractice, wrongful death and product liability trial lawyer and partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, Illinois. Admitted in Illinois; J.D., DePaul University College of Law (2011).
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Chicago, Illinois 60602
Sarah F. King is a partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, Illinois, where she focuses on medical malpractice cases, particularly those involving mothers and babies. She also handles medical device and pharmaceutical claims, personal injury and wrongful death cases.
King was one of the lead trial attorneys on the team that won a $101 million verdict for a baby who suffered brain damage at birth, which the firm reports as the largest birth injury verdict in Illinois. In February 2024 she obtained a $6.47 million verdict in Cook County for a man injured by a malpositioned hip implant, and she has tried cases resulting in a $14 million verdict involving a prescription contraceptive and a $15.55 million wrongful death verdict for the family of a young mother.
She is the 2026-2027 secretary of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, co-founded its Women’s Caucus and co-edits its Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook. She is a past president of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness in 2024. King graduated summa cum laude from DePaul University College of Law in 2011, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif, after earning a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., summa cum laude, DePaul University College of Law, 2011
- Order of the Coif
- B.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2008
- Admitted to practice in Illinois, 2011
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, General Bar, 2012
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar, 2018
Practice Areas
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Secretary, 2026-2027)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Managers, 2015-Present)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Women's Caucus (Founding Co-Chair)
- Women's Bar Association of Illinois (President, 2024-2025)
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Association for Justice
- Chicago Bar Association (Board of Managers)
- Illinois State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness (2024)
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Chicago (2026)
- The National Law Journal Elite Women of the Bar (2026)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2024, 2025, 2026)
- The Best Lawyers in America (2021-Present)
- Illinois Super Lawyers (2023-Present)
- Forbes America's Best in State Top Lawyers (2025)
- Crain's Chicago Business Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys (2025)
- Chicago Law Bulletin Forty Under 40 (2015)
- $101 Million Verdict: Record verdict for a baby who sustained brain damage at birth at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park; King was one of the lead trial attorneys.
- $51 Million Settlement: Settlement on behalf of a baby who sustained brain damage at birth.
- $25 Million Verdict: Verdict for a 59-year-old woman left with locked-in syndrome after a hospital's failure to timely recognize and treat a stroke.
- $22.9 Million Settlement: Settlement for a child who sustained a permanent brain injury from lack of oxygen during labor and delivery.
- $20 Million Settlement: Settlement for a 42-year-old man and his spouse over a radiologist's alleged failure to diagnose a brain aneurysm.
- $15.55 Million Verdict: Wrongful death verdict for the family of a 33-year-old woman who died of hemorrhage after a cesarean section.
- $14.75 Million Settlement: Settlement for a patient who sustained permanent eye injury during hospitalization for an unrelated surgery.
- $14 Million Verdict: Verdict for a 37-year-old woman who suffered a debilitating stroke after negligent prescription of Yasmin.
- $8.5 Million Settlement: Settlement for the family of a 38-year-old mother who died after childbirth due to unrecognized bleeding from a placental abruption.
- $6.47 Million Verdict: Record Cook County verdict in February 2024 for a 58-year-old man injured by a malpositioned hip implant.
- $6 Million Settlement: Settlement for the family of a 69-year-old man who died after delayed diagnosis of cardiac catheterization complications.
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