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Mayer Brown Partner Confirmed as Federal Judge

December 26, 2012

[ by Howard Haykin ]


President Barack Obama nominated this Chicago-based attorney in May 2012, relying on recommendations from Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk of Illinois.  Mayer Brown LLP partner Thomas Durkin, the referenced Chicago-based litigator, was unanimously confirmed by the U. S. Senate to serve as a U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Illinois.  He will be sworn in next year, on 1/14/13.

Mr. Durkin will be the 5th former Mayer Brown partner to serve on the bench of the Chicago-based Northern District.  The other four are:

  • District Judge Robert Dow Jr.,
  • District Judge Gary Feinerman
  • District Judge John Tharp
  • Magistrate Judge Sheila Finnegan.


Mr. Durkin, along with 3 of the judges - Dow, Tharp Finnegan - spent their entire careers in private practice at Mayer Brown. 

Congratulations to Mr. Durkin.    [ Bloomberg, 12/26/12 ]