Storino, Ramello & Durkin has announced that Andrew Y. Acker and Melissa M. Wolf have become partners of the firm. 

Andrew Y. Acker received his bachelor's degree from Denison University in 1983. He is a 1991 graduate from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, cum laude. He was admitted to practice law in the state of Michigan in 1991 (presently inactive), in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1992 (presently inactive), and in the state of Illinois in 1993.   

Acker was previously employed in Detroit, Michigan, as a staff attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals, before joining Illinois Appellate Court Justice Tom Lytton as a law clerk in the Illinois Appellate Court, 3rd District, in Moline. He then entered private practice with the Oak Brook law firm of Botti, Marinario & DeLongis, Ltd., as an associate involved in civil litigation. He then joined the Elmhurst law firm of Kubiesa, Spiroff, Gosselar, Acker & DeBlasio, PC, where he spent eleven years representing and defending municipal corporations in a broad range of civil litigation, including eminent domain, annexation, disconnection, zoning, civil rights, personal injury, contract and personnel issues. 

Acker is a member of the Illinois Bar Association and the DuPage County Bar Association. 

Melissa M. Wolf is a 1997 graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She attended Loyola University as an undergraduate and received her bachelor's degree in psychology in 1994. She was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Illinois in 1997. 

Wolf joined Storino, Ramello & Durkin in June of 1999 after serving as assistant legal counsel to the speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. Wolf’s experience includes the general practice of local governmental law, with a focus on labor and employment law. Wolf counsels municipalities, townships and special districts on areas of general local governmental practice.  She also counsels governmental employers on all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, discipline and termination procedures and practices. Wolf advises and represents local governmental employers in matters arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act and the Public Employee Disability Act. Wolf has experience handling matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and other federal and state agencies involving a broad range of labor and employment laws. Her labor relations experience includes handling and litigating grievance arbitration and unfair labor practice matters on behalf of employers.

Wolf also has extensive experience conducting neutral workplace investigations on behalf of employers on matters involving workplace misconduct, including those alleging harassment, discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate, wage and hour violations and other employment-related matters.  

Wolf is admitted to practice before both the Illinois state and federal courts and the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the Illinois Bar Association and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association.