Perry Apelbaum is of counsel at Kressin Powers, where he focuses on antitrust and legislative matters. He joined the firm in 2025 following a lengthy career at the U.S Justice Department and on Capitol Hill.
From 2021-25, Apelbaum was senior counsel for the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and also served several months as deputy assistant attorney general with the Office of Legislative Affairs.
Prior to joining the executive branch, Apelbaum spent 30 years on Capitol Hill working for the House Judiciary Committee, including as Democratic staff director and chief counsel from 2001-21. His responsibilities over the years included everything from coordinating legislative efforts on measures such as the Violence Against Women Act and Dream Act to overseeing committee investigations, including three presidential impeachments.
Before his government service, Apelbaum was in private practice from 1984-91 at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.
Apelbaum has also been active in academia. He teaches a class on congressional investigations at the University of Michigan Law School and has delivered guest lectures for Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School and Dartmouth College, among others. He has also taken part in panel discussions at UVA Law and the law schools of Michigan, Yale and Harvard.
Apelbaum received a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1981 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984.