Howard J. Castleman is an American lawyer based in Boston and Newton, Massachusetts, who founded the litigation firm Castleman Law LLC in 2010. His practice centers on complex business litigation, including trust, probate, and fiduciary disputes, and he is licensed in Massachusetts and New York.
Education
Castleman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brown University in 1982. Brown was founded in 1764 as Rhode Island College in Providence and is a private Ivy League university.
He then studied at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York, from 1984 to 1987, receiving a Juris Doctor in 1987. Cornell Law School belongs to Cornell University, a private Ivy League institution founded in 1865 in Ithaca.
During his law studies he held an office and served as an editor of the Cornell Law Review. The Review is a student-run and student-edited journal founded in 1915 that publishes articles, essays, book reviews, and student notes.
Career
Castleman's documented legal career began at Ropes & Gray, where he served as an associate from 1987 to 1988. The firm was founded in Boston in 1865 by John Codman Ropes and John Chipman Gray, both Harvard Law graduates. By the 1960s it had grown to nearly 75 attorneys, and during the twentieth century it developed bankruptcy, labor, and securities practices in response to the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
He was admitted to practice in Massachusetts in 1987 and in New York in 1996. He also served as a partner at S Eggeuno.
In 2010 he founded Castleman Law LLC, a litigation firm with offices in Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. The firm represents corporations and individuals in complex business disputes, fiduciary and probate litigation, and real estate matters. It assembles matter-specific teams of professionals across the country and practices in state and federal courts, including the United States Tax Court. Castleman has presented widely on fiduciary litigation and litigation management.
Membership
Castleman is co-chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the Boston Bar Association, a voluntary bar association of Boston lawyers whose committees focus on particular areas of practice.
His admissions to the Massachusetts bar in 1987 and the New York bar in 1996 allowed him to practice law in those states.
Co-chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee
Boston Bar Association
Admitted to practice law
Massachusetts Bar
1987
Admitted to practice law
New York Bar
1996
References
Castleman Law LLC website
The firm's website profile of founder Howard J. Castleman, describing his complex business litigation practice, education, and honors.
