Appointed to the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority Board
on 04/18/2023
Attorney at
Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan Law Firm
Ms. Perez is a Shareholder who maintains a trial practice in employment and personal injury litigation in Texas and New Mexico. Employment litigation of exclusive management representation before state and federal agencies, arbitrations, and state and federal courts in Texas and New Mexico. Advise clients on employment policies, handbooks, employee on-boarding forms, employment contracts, employee trainings in both English and Spanish, and day-to-day employee relations issues. Personal injury litigation includes first-chair defense of insurance carriers and/or their insured entities or individuals and case management from inception to disposition.
Languages: English, Spanish
Monica Perez was accepted into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
ABOTA is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges, which dedicates itself to the preservation and promotion of the Seventh Amendment, which guarantees the right to civil jury trials. Members in this prestigious invitation-only group must have at least five years of active experience as trial lawyers, have tried a minimum of 10 civil jury trials to conclusion, and possess additional litigation experience.
The University of Texas at El Paso, B.A. summa cum laude (2009)
- Law School Preparation Institute Alumni
- Judge Enrique H. Pena Endowed Scholarship Recipient
- Legal Intern: Hon. Philip R. Martinez, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (spring 2009)
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, J.D. (2012)
- Journal of International and Comparative Law (Staff Member, 2010-11 and Note Editor, 2011-12)
- Dean’s List; Barbara A. Atwood Scholar; Arizona Minority Bar Association Scholarship Recipient; Law College Association Scholarship Recipient.
- Legal Intern: Hon. David Briones, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Summer 2011); Hon. Philip G. Espinosa, Arizona Court of Appeals-Division II (Spring 2012)
American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
"Rising Star" by Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly Magazine, 2018-2023
Listed as Up-and-Coming 100 and Up-and Coming 50 Women, Texas Rising Stars, 22-23
Listed as "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" (Labor and Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants)
Outstanding Attorney, El Paso Paralegal Association, 2015
Outstanding Young Lawyer, El Paso Young Lawyer's Association 2014-2015
Outstanding Mexican-American Bar Association Member, 2013
El Paso Bar Association: President (22-23) President-Elect, Vice-President; Treasurer; Secretary; Lawyers for Patriots Legal Clinic Chair; Board Member.
Mexican-American Bar Association of El Paso: Past President.
El Paso Young Lawyers Association: Past President, Secretary and Board Member.
The Texas Lyceum Board of Directors.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso: Past Board President (2017-19), Secretary and Board Member.
The University of Texas at El Paso Alumni Association, Board of Directors (2015- 2018).
Junior League of El Paso: Sustaining Member (current), Vice-President of Communications, (2018-19), Public Relations and Marketing Chair (2016-17), Resource Development Committee Assistant Chair (2015-16).
Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce Leadership El Paso--Class 37
Speaker: March 2020: El Paso SHRM, "Navigating ADA & Workplace Accommodations."
Speaker: February, 2016: Lorman Education Services, "Texas Employment Law Update: Employee Handbooks, Social Media, and Background Checks." (Live Webinar)
Speaker: September, 2015: The George A. McAlmon American Inn of Court, August General Meeting, “At the Movies: How Lawyers, Judge, and the Courts Are Portrayed in the Media.”
Speaker: February, 2015: El Paso Paralegal Association, “Social Media in the Workplace.”
Speaker: February, 2015: SES, 9th Annual “Employment Law Update Beyond the Basics.”
Speaker: October, 2014: Hotel Motel Association General Meeting, “Employment Law Update: Social Media in the Workplace”
Speaker: July, 2014: Camino Real Rotary Club, “Employment Law Update” (presentation delivered in Spanish to membership)
Speaker: February, 2014: Lorman Education Services, Employment Law Update in Texas”
Co-Author: ALFA October 2013 International Client Seminar, “Compendium on Texas Employment Laws.”
Co-Author: "Ask the Legal Professional" Column, El Paso, Inc. (2014-present)