Catherine D. Perry (born 1952) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, Perry received a B.A. from University of Oklahoma in 1977, and a J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 1980. After graduation she became an adjunct professor of law at Washington University School of Law, and taught there intermittently from 1981 to 1994.