Marissa K. Perry

Associate

Chicago
marissa.perry@lw.com
+1.312.876.6510

PRACTICES

  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation & Trial
  • Securities Litigation & Professional Liability
  • White Collar Defense & Investigations

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • Illinois
  • New York

EDUCATION

  • JD, University of Michigan Law School, 2017
    magna cum laude
  • BA, Michigan State University, 2012
    with high honors

PROFILE

Marissa Perry is an associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department.

Marissa counsels public companies and their boards of directors in high-stakes securities class actions and other complex commercial lawsuits in both federal and state court. She has experience representing clients at both the trial and appellate level. She also defends clients in connection with investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and US Department of Justice.

Marissa maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented survivors of sex trafficking and domestic violence.

Prior to joining Latham, Marissa was an associate at an international law firm and clerked for Judge Diana E. Murphy of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. While in law school, Marissa was a contributing editor to the Michigan Law Review. Between undergrad and law school, she conducted research on post-World War II trials as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany.

EXPERIENCE

Marissa's experience includes advising:

  • Sotera Health Company in a putative class action alleging securities fraud in the Northern District of Ohio related to statements it made about its ethylene oxide sterilization processes and related litigation
  • NextGen Healthcare in securing a complete defense jury verdict in the first holder’s claim to go to trial in the US in nearly 90 years, recognized by the Daily Journal as a Top Verdict of 2022
  • An investment management firm and two of its top executives in litigation filed in the Northern District of Illinois in which the SEC has alleged the defendants improperly valued a portfolio of structured notes
  • A tech manufacturer and several current and former directors, officers, and employees in an SEC investigation
  • A healthcare technology company in an SEC investigation
  • An automobile manufacturer in a securities class action related to accounting and disclosure issues
  • Directors and officers in a securities class action related to accounting and disclosure issues
  • Healthcare companies in shareholder derivative litigation
  • A fitness industry client in a DOJ criminal investigation