Durkin & Roberts

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Durkin & Roberts is a Law Firm in Chicago, Illinois

Address

The Monadnock Building
53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 615
Chicago, Illinois 60604 (Cook Co.)

Phone

312-913-9300

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Thomas Anthony Durkin (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, September 30, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, California; 1974, Illinois; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th and 9th Circuits, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 1987, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1988, U.S. Tax Court; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1968); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1973). Law Clerk, Hon. James B. Parsons, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1973-1974. Adjunct Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School, Advanced Trial Advocacy, 1978-1986. Faculty: Trial Advocacy Program, Loyola University, 1980; National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Southwest Regional, 1982; Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1984. Assistant United States Attorney, Special Prosecutions Division, Northern District of Illinois, 1978-1984. Lawyers Assistance Program, Inc., 1983—. Board of Directors, The John Howard Association, 1994-2005. Chairman, Panel for Capital Case Appointments, U.S. District Court for Northern District of Indiana, 1996—. Liaison, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit Committee to Study the Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Habeas Corpus Petitions Under a Sentence of Death, 1999—. Trial Attorney, The John Adams Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Office of Military Commissions Proceedings, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2008—. Lecturer, Guantanamo Defense Clinic, Duke University School of Law, Fall 2008. Founding Member, Advisory Committee of The Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School, 2008—. Member: Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association (Member, Human Rights Section Council), American Bar Association (Member, Criminal Justice, International Law and Practice Sections) and International Bar Association (Member, Criminal Law Committee); State Bar of California; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Select Committee on Military Tribunals, 2004—). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; International Extradition; Attorney Disciplinary Defense.Email: Thomas Anthony Durkin

Janis D. Roberts (Partner) born San Diego, California, November 13, 1948; admitted to bar, 1980, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1985, Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1970); Marquette University (J.D., 1980). Executive Editor, Marquette University Law Review, 1979-1980. Staff Attorney, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Northern District of Illinois, 1981-1984. Supervisory Regional Counsel, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Child Protection and Juvenile Justices Divisions of the Circuit Court of Cook County, 1997-2000. Member: American Constitution Society; American Civil Liberties Union; Board of Directors of the Illinois State University Attorneys Advisory Board. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Child Welfare; Juvenile Delinquency; Attorney Discipline Defense.Email: Janis D. Roberts


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