April Michelle Perry (born 1979) is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Perry was previously the nominee to serve as the United States attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, but her nomination stalled and President Biden instead nominated her for a federal judgeship.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Chicago Police BoardHearing officer · 2021–2024
- Global Investigations and Fraud and Abuse Prevention, GE HealthCare, Chicago, IllinoisSenior counsel · 2022–2024
- Inc., Morton Grove, IllinoisUbiety Technologies · 2019–2022
- ↳general counsel and corporate secretary · 2019–2022
- ↳outside general counsel · 2022
- Cook County, IllinoisChief deputy state's attorney and chief ethics officer · 2017–2019
Northern District of IllinoisAssistant U.S. attorney · 2004–2016- ↳deputy chief, Narcotics and Gangs · 2010–2011
- ↳Project Safe Childhood & Violence Against Women Act coordinator · 2010–2016
- ↳supervisory litigation counsel · 2011–2016
- ↳Civil Rights and Hate Crimes coordinator · 2014–2016
- moot court, John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law)Adjunct professor · 2008, 2009, 2011
Law clerk , Hon. Joel M. Flaum · 2003–2004- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois2004
Appointments
2024–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
- Northwestern UniversityB.S. · 2000