Mr. Castanares is of counsel to ST&G. He received his B.A., with honors, from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1966. He earned his M.A. at University of California at Davis in 1967 and received his J.D. from New York University in 1970. He was a member of the Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity, Root-Tilden Scholar and a Member on the New York University Law Review from 1968 through 1970.

He is the author of Comment, "Rowland v. Christian," 44 New York University Law Review 426 (1968); "Foreclosures in Bankruptcy: Are they Fraudulent Conveyances?" 21 Idaho L. Rev. 517 (1985). He served as an Adjunct Professor of Law for Loyola University School of Law from 1976 to 1984.

Mr. Castanares is a Member of several organizations, including: Los Angeles County (Member, Executive Committee, 1979-1981 and Secretary, 1980-1981, Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy; Executive Committee, Barristers, 1973-1974; Executive Committee, Los Angeles Delegation to State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1980-1984) and American Bar Association; The State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Disadvantaged Persons and the Law, 1973-1976; Chairperson, Committee on Human Rights, 1976-1977; Member, Committee on Law School Education, 1977-1979).

Reported decisions: In re Hechinger Investment Co., 327 B.R. 537 (D.Del. 2005); In re County of Orange, 208 B.R. 117 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1997); Landes Construction Co. v. Royal Bank of Canada, 833 F.2d 1365 (9th Cir.1987); Computer Communications, Inc. v. Codex Corp., 824 F.2d 725 (9th Cir. 1987); In re Mellor, 734 F.2d 1396 (9th Cir. 1984); Duggan v. Highland-First Avenue Corp., 25 B.R. 955 (Bankr., C.D.Cal. 1982); Misty Management Corp. v. Lockwood, 539 F.2d 1205 (9th Cir. 1976); and 101 Plating Corp. v. Pacific Telephone etc., Cal. PUC Dec. No. 83824 (1974).

Education

New York University, J.D., 1970

University of California at Davis, M.A., 1967

University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A. with honors, 1966

Affiliation

Los Angeles County Bar (Member, Executive Committee, 1979-1981 and Secretary, 1980-1981, Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy; Executive Committee, Barristers, 1973-1974; Executive Committee, Los Angeles Delegation to State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1980-1984)

American Bar Association

The State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Disadvantaged Persons and the Law, 1973-1976; Chairperson, Committee on Human Rights, 1976-1977; Member, Committee on Law School Education, 1977-1979)