Philip J. Durkin (October 21, 1903 – January 15, 1992) was an American jurist and politician who served as a judge of the Salem District Court from 1957 to 1973 and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1949 to 1957.

[1] In August 1957, Durkin, who had been a supporter of Governor Foster Furcolo's failed 3% sales tax, was appointed an associate justice of the Salem District Court by Furcolo.

[2] In 1964 he was elevated to presiding justice by Governor Endicott Peabody.

[3] In 1972, Massachusetts voters passed a Constitutional Amendment requiring the retirement of judges at age 70, which forced Durkin into retirement the following year.

[4] Durkin spent his later years in Beverly, Massachusetts, and Largo, Florida.