Perry H. Apelbaum

Perry H. Apelbaum serves as a Lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School while concurrently holding a senior counsel position at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division since 2021. His career spans over three decades of high-stakes legal and legislative work, including 30 years as a staffer on the House Judiciary Committee where he spent the final 20 years as Democratic Staff Director and Chief Counsel.

His expertise centers on congressional investigations and constitutional processes, with significant contributions to three presidential impeachments and landmark subpoena enforcement actions during the Trump administration. He has led legislative efforts across social justice, criminal justice reform, economic policy, civil rights protections, and immigration law. At Michigan Law, he teaches specialized coursework in Congressional Investigations, drawing directly from his frontline experience in constitutional crises and congressional oversight mechanisms.

Apelbaum's professional trajectory bridges academic instruction with active government service, having previously worked as an associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. His unique perspective combines practical congressional strategy with deep constitutional knowledge, particularly in separation-of-powers conflicts and enforcement of congressional authority through judicial channels.