Monica L. Perez

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

• State Bar of Texas, 2012
• State Bar of New Mexico, 2013
• United States District Court, Western District of Texas, 2012
• United States District Court, District of New Mexico, 2014

• 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)