Background
Casillas, Mark was born on July 8, 1953 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Son of Rudolph and Elvia Casillas.
Casillas, Mark was born on July 8, 1953 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Son of Rudolph and Elvia Casillas.
Loyola University (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1979). Managing Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1978-1979.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Oliver Seth, United States Court of‘Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 19791980. Member, 1986-1988 and Vice Chairman, 1987-1988, Financial Institutions Committee, State Bar of California. Spoken languages: Spanish, Italian, French.
Clerk to chief judge United States Court Appeals (10th circuit), Santa Fe, 1979—1980. Associate Breed, Abbott, and Morgan, New York City, 1980—1982. Counsel Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, San Francisco, 1982—1984.
Associate Lillick and Charles, 1984—1987, partner, 1988—1995, Russin and Vecchi, LLP, San Francisco, 1995—1996. Of counsel LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene, and MacRae, LLP, 1997—2000, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati, Palo Alto, 2000—2003. Chairman Casillas Law Group, San Francisco, since 2003, Belvedere Investment Group, Tiburon, since 2003.
Counsel International Bankers Association in Los Angeles, 1984-1989, 94-97. Board regents John F. Kennedy University, since 2005. Board directors Innovative Bank.
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Co-author: California Limited Liability Company: Forms and Practice Manual, 1994. Managing editor Harvard Cvil Rights, Civil Liberties Law Review, 1978-1979.
Board regents John F. Kennedy University, since 2005. Member American Bar Association (appointed member airfin. subcommittee since 1991), New York Bar Association, California Bar Association (vice-chairman finance institution committee 1987-1988), International Bar Association, The Japan Society, Bankers Club (board director since 1996, president 2003), Innovative Bank (board directors 2007-2008).
Married Natalia (Settembrini), June 2, 1984.