EXHIBIT 24

FORM
OF
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas J. Chulos, Executive Vice President and Corporate
Secretary, Jay R. Lundborg, Senior Vice President or Andrea L. Stangl,
Assistant Corporate Secretary, of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
(the ?Company?), and each of them acting and signing singly, the
undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company or First Midwest
Bank, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder and Forms
144 in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, 5 or 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form or amendment with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be deemed
appropriate by such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact?s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
earliest of the following has occurred: (1) the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned?s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, (2) this
Power of Attorney is revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, or (3) as to any attorney-in-fact
individually, such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 1st day of March, 2013.

Signature:	/s/JAMES P. HOTCHKISS
Print Name:	James P. Hotchkiss