April Michelle Perry
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Born 1979.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jul 11, 2024
- Senate vote
- 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- Nov 12, 2024
- Commissioned
- Nov 20, 2024
Education
- B.S., Northwestern University, 2000
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), 2003
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2003-2004
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 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
- Adjunct professor, moot court, John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law), 2008, 2009, 2011
- Chief deputy state's attorney and chief ethics officer, Cook County, Illinois, 2017-2019
- Ubiety Technologies, Inc., Morton Grove, Illinois, 2019-2022
- general counsel and corporate secretary, 2019-2022
- outside general counsel, 2022
- Hearing officer, Chicago Police Board, 2021-2024
- Senior counsel, Global Investigations and Fraud and Abuse Prevention, GE HealthCare, Chicago, Illinois, 2022-2024
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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