April Michelle Perry at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 20, 2024–present
April Michelle Perry
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, moot court, John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law), 2008, 2009, 2011
- Professional Career: Ubiety Technologies, Inc., Morton Grove, Illinois, 2019-2022; general counsel and corporate secretary, 2019-2022; outside general counsel, 2022
- Professional Career: 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
- Professional Career: Senior counsel, Global Investigations and Fraud and Abuse Prevention, GE HealthCare, Chicago, Illinois, 2022-2024
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2003-2004
- Professional Career: Hearing officer, Chicago Police Board, 2021-2024
- Professional Career: Chief deputy state's attorney and chief ethics officer, Cook County, Illinois, 2017-2019
- Professional Career: Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
Education
- Northwestern University · B.S., 2000
- Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) · J.D., 2003
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761884Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts