
April Perry could become the first woman to serve as Chicago’s top federal prosecutor after President Joe Biden announced Wednesday his plan to nominate her as the city’s next U.S. attorney.
Currently serving in a senior counsel role at GE HealthCare, Perry worked as a federal prosecutor in Chicago from 2004 until 2016. Her former colleagues from that office praised her Wednesday as a “seasoned prosecutor,” an “exceptional trial lawyer,” and one with a particular interest in prosecuting the sexual exploitation of children.