Perry received a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in 2000 from Northwestern University and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2003 from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

[2] From 2003 to 2004, Perry served as a law clerk for Judge Joel Flaum of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

[3] From 2022 to 2024, she was the senior counsel of global investigations and fraud and abuse prevention at GE HealthCare.

[2] Perry was one of two candidates submitted to the White House by Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.

[4] On June 28, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Perry to be the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

[6] On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.