Castor presenting at Donald Trump's impeachment trial in 2021
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Acting August 17, 2016 – August 31, 2016
Governor
Tom Wolf
Preceded by
Kathleen Kane
Succeeded by
Bruce Beemer
Solicitor General of Pennsylvania
In office March 21, 2016 – September 9, 2016
Governor
Tom Wolf
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Vacant
Member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
In office January 7, 2008 – January 4, 2016
Preceded by
Tom Ellis
Succeeded by
Joe Gale
District Attorney of Montgomery County
In office January 3, 2000 – January 7, 2008
Preceded by
Michael D. Marino
Succeeded by
Risa Vetri Ferman
Personal details
Born
Bruce Lee Castor Jr.
(1961-10-24) October 24, 1961 (age 62) Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Elizabeth
Children
2
Education
Lafayette College (AB) Washington and Lee University (JD)
Bruce Lee Castor Jr.[1] (born October 24, 1961)[2][3] is an American lawyer and retired Republican politician from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016, and also first deputy attorney general the following July. Castor became acting attorney general less than a month later. He led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with American lawyer David Schoen.[4]
^Pennsylvania state reports - Volume 591, 2007
^Hubbell, Martindale (April 1997). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota (Volume 14 - 1997). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561602223.
^Hubbell, Martindale (December 1, 2016). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2017: Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia. Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781603663861.
^Acosta, Jim; Collins, Kaitlan; Brown, Pamela; Polantz, Katelyn (February 1, 2021). "Trump names two new lawyers for impeachment trial a day after his defense team collapsed". CNN. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
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