Cesar R. Perez was born in McAllen, Texas and raised in Rio Grande City, Starr County, Texas. He attended the University of Texas – Brownsville, and received his Bachelors and Master degrees from Sam Houston State University in the fields of economics and finance. While at both of these institutions, Mr. Perez excelled in baseball – being named as team captain, participating in two World Series tournaments, and selected in the professional baseball draft. Prior to law school, Cesar began his career in banking and worked at the Farm Credit Bank in Edinburg, Texas, where he started as a loan officer trainee. In 1985, the Board of Directors named him Chief Executive Officer of this Rio Grande Valley Bank, where he managed large-scale real estate loans and a portfolio of over $100 million. Mr. Perez obtained his law decree from the University of Texas Law School in 1994. During law school, he served as treasurer and president of the Hispanic Law Student Association, was recognized for the distinguished Fulbright Award for academic excellence, was the student director for the East Austin legal clinic for the poor, while working in the legal department of the Farm Credit Bank.

After law school, Cesar joined the law firm of Munoz, Hockema & Reed in McAllen, Texas where he represented victims involved in catastrophic accidents in the area of personal injury and products liability. In 2003, Cesar joined the Houston law firm of Caddell & Chapman, who have a national law practice and handle product liability and personal injury litigation on behalf of plaintiffs. Cesar Perez joined the Watts Law Firm in 2007, and will practice in the area of personal injury law with emphasis on product liability. His practice will primarily focus on the rights of victims and their families that have been injured by negligence and defective products.

Mr. Perez has participated in over 30 cases that resulted in significant verdicts and recoveries in multiple venues throughout Texas. He has been recognized on three occasions in the Texas Lawyer Magazine for achieving the "Top 10 Verdicts and Settlements in Texas." Cesar is currently a member of the Starr and Hidalgo Counties Bar Association, Texas Trial Lawyer Association, and the Texas Legal Ethics Association. He is licensed to practice in the state courts of Texas and the United States District Courts for the Southern Districts of Texas. Cesar is fluent in written and spoken Spanish