Jose Antonio Castro
Overview
Jose serves as a full-service litigator representing public, private, and corporate clients in all their litigation and land use permitting needs. Jose specializes in various forms of litigation related to real estate, focusing on land use actions, condemnation issues, and easement disputes. He also assists clients in navigating through land use and zoning permitting procedures established by different municipalities and agencies.
Furthermore, Jose is experienced in handling commercial and real estate litigation matters across federal, state, municipal, and administrative forums, emphasizing efficiency and providing communicative client service throughout the process.
Jose completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Nebraska and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School. After law school, Jose spent two years clerking for the Honorable Timothy M. Witkowiak at the First Judicial Circuit Court of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He then spent two years as an associate attorney at a full service litigation firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Credentials
Education
- University of Wisconsin Law School, 2016 (J.D.)
- University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2013 (B.S.)
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
- Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2024-2025
- Colorado Bar Association
- Wisconsin Bar Association
- Minnesota Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Board Member, 2024-present
- State Bar of Wisconsin, Young Lawyers Division, Board Member, 2018-2024
- American Bar Association
- Standing Committee on Election Law, Fellow, 2024-present
- Young Lawyers Division, Civic Engagement Director, 2023-present; District Representative, 2020-2023
- Delegate, 2021-present
- “American Democracy and the Rule of Law,” American Bar Association Webinar, July 2024
- “Election Issues and Opportunities for Lawyers,” Lawline CLE, July 2024
- “Stepping Up, Lawyers Defending Democracy,” The American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, February 2024