It was notable to me that reporters Jon Seidel and Lynn Sweet’s article exclusively (and appropriately) quoted some of Chicago’s best women lawyers about the selection of their former colleague April Perry to be the first woman U.S. attorney in Chicago.
Apart from Morris Pasqual’s current service as acting U.S. attorney, Perry’s likely confirmation (notwithstanding Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance’s vow to block all Justice Department nominees) will end the succession of presidentially-appointed white men since Augustus M. Herrington first held the post in 1857.
