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| Selected by peers as a Leading Lawyer in: | Extensive Experience in: |
| Personal Injury Law: General | Catastrophic Injury |
| Personal Injury Law: Professional Malpractice | Wrongful Death |
| Medical Malpractice | |
| Construction Negligence | |
| Transportation & Premises Liability |
Mr. Durkin has more than 30 years of experience as a personal injury litigator. While seasoned in all types of personal injury litigation, he has distinguished himself in the area of complex traumatic brain injury and psychological injuries resulting from exposure to trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder. In the spring of 2008, Mr. Durkin negotiated a seven-figure resolution for a client who was diagnosed with PTSD following her escape from the fire that occurred in October 2003 at the 69 W. Washington County Building. Mr. Durkin was involved integrally in the resolution of the totality of the claims that ultimately settled on the eve of trial for $100 million.
An active member of Illinois' legal community, Mr. Durkin holds several important positions. He is serving his third elected term as a Cook County representative to the Illinois State Bar Association's General Assembly. In addition to elected office, his ISBA service includes his appointments to the Cook County Judicial Evaluation Committee, since 2000, and the Tort Law Section Council, since 2001. Additionally, Mr. Durkin serves on the Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association's Medical Malpractice Committee.
A frequent speaker on a variety of subjects, he is consistently published in legal journals and holds an AV rating from the Martindale Hubble Company confirming his status as a highly respected and ethical member of the bar. The AV rating signifies legal abilities of the highest standard and professional ethics that are unquestioned.
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1977
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1977
Date of Birth: 1952
Law School: DePaul University School of Law,J.D., 1977
Undergraduate School: Lewis University, B.A., public administration, 1974
Bar/Professional Association Involvement:
Illinois State Bar Association
Assemblyman
Judicial Evaluation Committee
American Association of Justice
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Medical Malpractice and Civil Practice Committees
Chicago Bar Association
Circuit Court Rules and Judiciary Committees
Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Judge, 2000
American Moot Trial Association Regional Competition
Judge, 2002 and 2003
Legal Lectures:
"Expert Disclosure 213(f)(3)" and "Trial Preparation," ISBA Back to Basics CLE, Feb 2007
"Technology & Demonstrative Evidence in the Courtroom," ISBA Tort Law CLE, June 2005
"Courtroom Discovering Technology," Illinois State Bar Association, June 2004
"Spoliation after Darden: Back to Boyd," ITLA Trial Journal, June 2004
"Effective Use of Request to Admit," 2004
"Increased Risk of Future Injury," Illinois State Bar Association, May 2003
"Traumatic Brian Injury Case Study," Illinois Case Management Network, April 2003
"Trying an Arbitration Case-Plaintiff's Perspective," Illinois State Bar Association, May 2002
"Catastrophic Brain Injury: A Legal Case Study and Implications for Case Managers," ATLA, March 2002
"Voir Dire," Chicago Bar Association, October 2001
"Effective Use of Paralegals," Roosevelt University, 2001
"Construction Negligence," ITLA September 1999
"Special Interrogatories," ITLA, May 1997
"Medical Malpractice Claims from the Plaintiff's Perspective," Chicagoland Health Care Risk Management Society, April 1993
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