Background
De Castro, Woodrow was born on May 4, 1918 in Panama City, Panama.
De Castro, Woodrow was born on May 4, 1918 in Panama City, Panama.
Canal Zone Junior College (Associate of Arts, 1936). University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science in Bachelor of Arts, 1939). Southwestern University (Bachelor of Laws, 1942).
Spoken languages: English and Spanish.
Worked at de Castro & Robles. Admitted to the bar, 1944, United States. District Court, Canal Zone.
1946, Republic of Panama. 1947, United States. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana. Chairman, Presidential Commission which drafted Law 8 of 1982 creating Maritime Court and Code of Maritime Procedure.
Member: Comité Maritime International. Colegio Nacional de Abogados, Panama (Member, Board of Directors, 1955, 1956 and 1957). Canal Zone Bar Association (President, 1950.
Vice President, 1949). Maritime Law Association of the United States. Maritime Law Association of Panama (Vice President).
National Electric Energy Commission, 1956-1960. Civil Aviation Board of Panama, 1958-1964. National Institute of Insured Mortgages of Panama, 1962-1964.
Chairman, Presidential Commission which drafted Law 8 of 1982 creating Maritime Court and Code of Maritime Procedure. Member: Comite Maritime International. Colegio Nacional de Abogados, Panama (Member, Board of Directors, 1955, 1956 and 1957).
Canal Zone Bar Association (President, 1950. Vice President, 1949). Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Maritime Law Association of Panama (Vice President).
