Michael K. Durkin received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1975. He graduated in 1978 from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law and was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Illinois in 1978. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association.

Mr. Durkin, a founding partner of the firm, is principally engaged in the fields of municipal law, civil and commercial litigation, labor and employment law and appellate work.  In the area of municipal law, he has engaged in extensive labor negotiations for various municipal and school clients.  Mr. Durkin has served as chief negotiator for municipalities, school districts and other units of local government, including DuPage County, for over 200 contracts.  Mr. Durkin has also been engaged in matters involving representation petitions, unit clarification petitions and unfair labor practice charges before the Illinois Labor Relations Board, as well as numerous interest arbitration and grievance arbitration hearings.  In addition, Mr. Durkin was lead counsel in the first Illinois State Labor Relations Board unfair labor practice decision to be reviewed by an Illinois Appellate Court.

He is currently Village Attorney for the Villages of Elmwood Park and Burr Ridge, Illinois.  He also serves as the Township attorney for the Township of Proviso. He is responsible for advising those units of government with reference to all legal matters. 

Mr. Durkin has served as Village prosecutor for the Village of Elmwood Park, Village of Rosemont and the Village of Glendale Heights.  Mr. Durkin previously represented Bremen Community High School District 228, Queen Bee School District 16, Schiller Park School District 81 and the Wheeling Township School Trustees and oversaw the sale of various township school properties, including the sale of Arlington High School and Forest View High School.

He has had extensive litigation experience involving a wide variety of civil issues.  Mr. Durkin is extensively involved in all aspects of labor and employment law, including collective bargaining, grievance and arbitration hearings, disciplinary and discharge matters and other types of employment litigation issues.  Since 1984, Mr. Durkin has served as chief negotiator for collective bargaining negotiations for various municipalities, school districts and other governmental bodies, as well as for private sector employers.  He currently serves as chief negotiator with respect to over 50 contracts involving various public sector employers.

He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Teams in 1976 and 1980.