Henry H. Perritt, Jr., is Professor of Law and former Dean at Chicago-Kent College of Law, the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology. He formerly was a Professor of Law at Villanova University School of Law.

Mr. Perritt served as the top labor and employment lawyer for Consolidated Rail Corporation and as deputy undersecretary of labor during the Ford administration and was vice chairman of a commission appointed by Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole to develop measures to preserve health care for retired coal miners, resulting in recommendations subsequently enacted by Congress. He has represented and counseled a variety of employers, employees, and unions on employment law issues. He served as Secretary of the Section on Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association in 2000-2001. Mr. Perritt is the author of the following Aspen Publishers publications: Employee Dismissal law and Practice and Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook. He edits the annual Employment Law Update. He has written more than 80 law review articles on labor and employment law, administrative law, dispute resolution, and technology applications in law. Mr. Perritt received his S.B. and S.M. degrees from M.I.T. and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University. He is a member of the bars of Virginia, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Illinois and of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the Democratic candidate for U.S. congress from the 10th District of Illinois in 2002, while on leave from Chiacgo-Kent.