Michael L. McDermott joined O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC in 1966 after three years as the Administrative Assistant to the Public Administrator of Cook County. From that date to the present he has concentrated his practice in real estate transactions, corporate and partnership transactions and estate planning.


Civic Associations

Mr. McDermott is a past president of the Western Golf Association (1982-83) and continues to serve that organization as a Trustee of the Evans Scholars Foundation, the largest educational scholarship charitable organization in the world. He was Trustee and Vice-Chairman of the Board of National-Louis University from 1993 to 2002 and is active in many charitable organizations.


Education and Bar Admissions

Mr. McDermott received his Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University School of Law (1963) and his undergraduate degree from Spring Hill College (1960). Mr. McDermott is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association.