Steve Castor
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{{Short description|American attorney}}
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Stephen R. Castor is an American trial attorney who served as minority counsel in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/politics/who-are-dan-goldman-steve-castor-impeachment-lawyers/index.html|title=Staff lawyers to take star role in first hearings on impeachment|last=Rogers|first=Alex|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114113104/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/politics/who-are-dan-goldman-steve-castor-impeachment-lawyers/index.html|archive-date=November 14, 2019|publisher=CNN}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/who-is-stephen-r-castor-the-gop-staff-attorney-in-the-impeachment-hearings/2019/11/12/4708df96-04a4-11ea-ac12-3325d49eacaa_story.html|title=Who is Stephen R. Castor, the GOP staff attorney in the impeachment hearings?|last1=Viebeck|first1=Elise|date=November 12, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 20, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191121185238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/who-is-stephen-r-castor-the-gop-staff-attorney-in-the-impeachment-hearings/2019/11/12/4708df96-04a4-11ea-ac12-3325d49eacaa_story.html|archive-date=November 21, 2019}} Castor has been a congressional staff member in the House Oversight Committee since 2004.
Early life
Castor received his bachelor's degree in business logistics from Pennsylvania State University in 1995{{cite news |title=Schools announce honors, awards, local graduates |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-jun-08-1995-p-78/ |work=The Intelligencer |location=Doylestown, PA |page=A-6 |url-access=subscription |via=NewspaperArchive.com}} and in 1998 he received a master of business administration degree from Lehigh University.{{cite news |last1=Ngo |first1=Madeleine |last2=Tornoe |first2=Rob |date=November 13, 2019 |title=Republican impeachment counsel is a Lehigh MBA graduate |url= https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-trump-impeachment-lehigh-mba-student-20191113-72vh4bn6ebflzg6zze3naxzfmu-story.html |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, PA}}{{cite news |date=April 2, 1998 |title=Student Achievers: Stephen R. Castor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/223624230/ |work=Courier News |location=Somerville, NJ |page=7 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}} He subsequently received his JD degree from George Washington University Law School.{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/steve-castor-daniel-goldman-to-handle-questions-at-impeachment-hearing|title=Meet Steve Castor, the attorney handling questioning for GOP during impeachment hearings|last=Blitzer|first=Ronn|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121063501/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/steve-castor-daniel-goldman-to-handle-questions-at-impeachment-hearing|archive-date=November 21, 2019|publisher=Fox News}}
Career
Castor began his career as a litigator in commercial law at the law firm Blank Rome in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/11/12/us/politics/ap-us-trump-impeachment-the-lawyers.html|title=Battle-Tested Attorneys to Face Off in Impeachment Inquiry|date=November 12, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 13, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121010101/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/11/12/us/politics/ap%2Dus%2Dtrump%2Dimpeachment%2Dthe%2Dlawyers.html|archive-date=November 21, 2019|agency=The Associated Press|issn=0362-4331|url-access=limited}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/meet-stephen-castor-gop-lawyer-stealing-show-in-impeachment-hearings|title=Meet Stephen Castor, the GOP lawyer stealing the show in Trump impeachment hearings|last=Weiss|first=Debra Cassens|date=November 14, 2019|website=ABA Journal|publisher=American Bar Association|language=en|access-date=December 10, 2019}} He is a contributor on the Federalist Society website. Castor has been a congressional staff member in the House Oversight Committee since 2005. He has served as a congressional staffer for a total of seven committee chairmen, including four Republicans. 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/13/778818003/who-are-the-staff-attorneys-questioning-impeachment-witnesses|title=Who Are The Staff Attorneys Questioning Impeachment Witnesses?|last=Naylor|first=Brian|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120141241/https://www.npr.org/2019/11/13/778818003/who-are-the-staff-attorneys-questioning-impeachment-witnesses|archive-date=November 20, 2019|publisher=NPR}}
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. During the impeachment, Castor carried his legal briefs in a grocery bag.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-castor-brought-reusable-grocery-bag-to-impeachment-hearing-2019-12 |title=GOP counsel Steve Castor brought a reusable grocery bag instead of a briefcase to an impeachment hearing|website=Business Insider}} His cousin, Bruce Castor, represented Donald Trump at his second impeachment. {{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/bruce-castor-madeleine-dean-trump-impeachment-trial-20210209.html|title=Bruce Castor and Madeleine Dean bring very different approaches to Trump's impeachment trial|date=February 9, 2021 }}
See also
- Dan Goldman, majority counsel in the impeachment inquiry
References
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External links
- {{C-SPAN|105530}}
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