Attorney German Castillo is a 1995 graduate of the South Texas College of Law, the most prominent and recognized private law school in South Texas. He graduated Cum Laude/Top 10% of his class. He completed Assistant Articles Editorship for South Texas Law Review with "honors." He was a Dean’s List in Spring of 93, Fall of 93, Spring of 94, Fall of 94, and Spring of 95.
He was a member of “Order of the Lytae,” an honorary fraternity in Patent Office Procedure. He was member of the “Appellate Advocacy” (South Texas Leroy Jeffers Competition). He was placed into the Octi-Finals (from an original field of over 70 teams). He has "A" average in courses graded on legal research and writing ability. Course work emphasized intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret) and business litigation (antitrust, business torts, oil and gas law, aerospace law, insurance). He graduated top 10% of the class from the University of Houston with B. S. in Mechanical Engineering degree in 1989.
BAR ADMITTANCE
State Bar of Texas since 1996 (All Courts of State of Texas and the Supreme Court of Texas)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Attorney since 2002
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
PAST WORK EXPERIENCES
Prior to establishing his own law practice, Attorney Castillo worked in several law firms practicing Intellectual Property and Immigration Law. He worked in the heart of the Silicon Valley area, in Palo Alto California, practicing Intellectual Property/Patent Law with clients such as inventions for Polycom, 3COM, Apple and Veritas dealt with software and network technologies.
While inventions for clients like Read-Rite dealt with the material science/crystallography of magnetic hardware, other inventions for smaller inventors dealt with lower technology issues such as the construction of snow chains and foot apparel. Attorney Castillo also worked for big companies such as Unisys, Chevron, United Space Alliance/NASA, and Lockheed Martin.
He has hundreds of cases approved and granted by the U.S. Citizenship Immigration Service. His research and responses receive commendation from the Officers of the Texas Service Center.
HIS CLIENTELE
His clients reside throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. He is fluent in spoken and written Spanish.
MEDIA INVOLVEMENT
Attorney Castillo is the official Immigration Advisor of Asian American Times, the first Asian American Business Review largely circulated in Northern California and with copies also distributed in Southern California, Hawaii, and the Midwest. His monthly column on Immigration News and Updates in Asian American Times has received numerous response from the community. Attorney Castillo's articles are also published in Law Digest, Pakistan Chronicle, and Indo-American News.
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
