About Hector C
Hector C Perez constructed a professional legal career that stretches from federal tax counsel to prosecution within the Central District of California. He trained in Austin and moved quickly into authorities service. Over many years he has balanced courtroom work and advisory roles.
Perez attended The University of Texas School of Law beginning in 1969 and earned his J.D. in 1972. His law school years coincided with a period of change in federal tax coverage and enforcement. The curriculum and mentors he encountered there set the stage for his early work within the Internal Revenue Service.
Shortly after commencement, Perez joined the Office of Regional Counsel on the Internal Revenue Service in 1972. As IRS counsel, he treated things that required both technical tax knowledge and a capacity to translate complicated rules into enforceable positions. That role uncovered him to audit disputes, series actions and the administrative processes that underpin federal tax enforcement.
By 1977 Perez had moved to the United States Lawyer’s Office for the Central District of California, where he served as an Assistant United States Lawyer. In that ability he prosecuted federal things on behalf of the authorities and appeared in federal court. The transfer from advisory work on the IRS to prosecutorial duties broadened his courtroom experience and sharpened his approach to proof and process.
Perez is certified to practice in each California and Texas. Those dual jurisdictions reflect his ties to the Southwest and his early training in Texas. After years in federal positions he transitioned into personal practice and based Hector Perez & Associates. In private practice he has drawn on authorities experience to advise clients on matters that intersect federal taxation law and federal legal proceedings.
Colleagues and previous clients describe Perez as pragmatic in court and exacting in preparation. He blends the technical attitude of a tax attorney with the procedural instincts of a former federal prosecutor. That combination has informed the way he evaluates cases, strategies settlements and proceeds to trial when necessary.
He now practices at Hector Perez & Associates, drawing on his years in federal tax counsel and the United States Attorney’s Office to handle things informed by those experiences.
