Background
Castel, P. Kevin was born on August 5, 1950 in New York City. Son of Peter A. and Mildred (Cronin) Castel.
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P. Kevin Castel
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Bachelor of Science, St. John's U., Jamaica, New York, 1972; Juris Doctor, St. John's U., Jamaica, New York, 1975.
Career
Worked at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Admitted to the bar, 1976, New York. Thomas More Scholar. Articles Editor, St. John's Law Review, 1974-1975.
Law Clerk, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1975-1977. Chair, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1993-1994, Member, House of Delegates, 1994-1995, New York State Bar Association.
Vice-President, 1988-1990, Secretary, 1982-1984 and Trustee, 1982-1994, Federal Bar Council. Member, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial Department, 1988-1993. Member, Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1994.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Membership
Member mayor's panel Martin Luther King Junior Institute for Law and Social Justice, 1987-1989. National chairman annual giving campaign St. John's U., 1994-1995. Fellow American Bar Foundation, New York Bar Foundation.
Member of New York State Bar Association (member commission on courts of appelate jurisdiction 1979-1986, member committee federal cts.of appelate jurisdiction 1979-1986, member committee federal courts 1986-1989, Chairman.com. federal practice 1989-1991, executive vice chairman commercial and federal litigation section 1991-1992, chairman 1993-1994, member house of deals 1994-1995), Association of Bar of City of New York (member committee professional and judicial ethics 1994-1997, mem.coun. on judicial administration since 1997), Federal Bar Council (president elect since 1998, secretary 1983-1985, trustee 1985-1993, 97-, chairman publications committee 1984-1995, chairman program committee 1995-1998, vice president 1988-1990), New York County Lawyers Association, Supreme Court History Society, St. John's U. Law School Alumni Association (board directors since 1991, vice president since 1998).
Connections
Married Patricia A. McLernon. Children: Jeanne Margaret, Allison Maureen.
