EDWIN L. DURHAM
Partner

312-733-7590
edurham@rddlaw.net

 
Edwin L. Durham is a founding partner in the firm of Rachlis Durham Duff & Adler, LLC. He has experience in complex commercial trial and appellate litigation with a focus on construction matters. Mr. Durham was formerly a partner with Stein Ray & Harris.
 

 

 

 

 

ISSUE EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Durham's experience includes defense of a national engineering firm against a multi-million dollar lost profits claim arising from the design and construction of semi-conductor manufacturing plant; defense of the same national engineering firm against a multi-million dollar lost profits claim arising from the design and construction of a prototype devise for the treatment of mixed radioactive and hazardous waste; defense of a design-builder and general contractor against a multi-million design defect and delay claim brought by a structural steel subcontractor; representation of another national firm against a multi-million dollar design defect claim arising from the construction of an anaerobic wastewater pretreatment system; and negotiation of a performance bond take over agreement on behalf of an owner and general contractor. In the past Mr. Durham has litigated suits involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, federal and state environmental claims, interference with contract and prospective advantage, age and disability discrimination, Civil RICO, Lanham Act trademark infringement and lender liability claims.

Mr. Durham has successfully argued appeals before the Seventh and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States. Mr. Durham has also successfully tried cases in both Federal and Illinois State Courts.

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EDUCATION:

Mr. Durham is a 1990 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, where Mr. Durham was the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Illinois Law Review. Mr. Durham received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 1987 in History where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Durham is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern, Central and Northern Districts of the State of Illinois, as well as, before the Seventh and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States.

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