WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama intends to nominate career civil-rights attorney Thomas Perez as secretary of Labor, people familiar with the deliberations confirmed Sunday.

Perez is an assistant attorney general. If confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Hilda L. Solis, who announced her resignation in January. He would be the only Latino Cabinet secretary.

The selection of Perez comes as the White House continues to put Obama’s second-term team in place after the departures of key Cabinet members this year.