Steve Castor

Stephen R. Castor is an American trial attorney who served as minority counsel in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.[1][2] Castor has been a congressional staff member in the House Oversight Committee since 2004.[3]

Stephen Castor
Born1972 or 1973 (age 49–50)
NationalityAmerican
Education
OccupationAttorney

Early life

Castor received his bachelor's degree in business logistics from Pennsylvania State University in 1995[4] and in 1998 he received a master of business administration degree from Lehigh University.[5][6] He subsequently received his JD degree from George Washington University Law School.[3]

Career

Castor began his career as a litigator in commercial law at the law firm Blank Rome in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.[7][8] He is a contributor on the Federalist Society website. Castor has been a congressional staff member in the House Oversight Committee since 2005.[3][7] He has served as a congressional staffer for a total of seven committee chairmen, including four Republicans.[7] He was transferred to the Intelligence Committee along with Representative Jim Jordan who joined the committee before the beginning of the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.[9]

In early November 2019, Castor was appointed as minority counsel in the impeachment inquiry, conducting questioning of witnesses on behalf of Republican members of the Intelligence Committee.[1] During the impeachment, Castor carried his legal briefs in a grocery bag.[10] His cousin, Bruce Castor, represented Donald Trump at his second impeachment. [11]

See also
  • Dan Goldman, majority counsel in the impeachment inquiry

References
  1. Rogers, Alex (November 13, 2019). "Staff lawyers to take star role in first hearings on impeachment". CNN. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. Viebeck, Elise (November 12, 2019). "Who is Stephen R. Castor, the GOP staff attorney in the impeachment hearings?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  3. Blitzer, Ronn (November 13, 2019). "Meet Steve Castor, the attorney handling questioning for GOP during impeachment hearings". Fox News. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. "Schools announce honors, awards, local graduates". The Intelligencer. Doylestown, PA. p. A-6 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  5. Ngo, Madeleine; Tornoe, Rob (November 13, 2019). "Republican impeachment counsel is a Lehigh MBA graduate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA.
  6. "Student Achievers: Stephen R. Castor". Courier News. Somerville, NJ. April 2, 1998. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Battle-Tested Attorneys to Face Off in Impeachment Inquiry". The New York Times. The Associated Press. November 12, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  8. Weiss, Debra Cassens (November 14, 2019). "Meet Stephen Castor, the GOP lawyer stealing the show in Trump impeachment hearings". ABA Journal. American Bar Association. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  9. Naylor, Brian (November 13, 2019). "Who Are The Staff Attorneys Questioning Impeachment Witnesses?". NPR. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  10. "GOP counsel Steve Castor brought a reusable grocery bag instead of a briefcase to an impeachment hearing". Business Insider.
  11. "Bruce Castor and Madeleine Dean bring very different approaches to Trump's impeachment trial".
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