Antonio C. Castro

Partner
Co-Chairman, Litigation Department

Antonio.Castro@InfanteZumpano.com
Direct line: (786) 345-2128

Ever since he began his career as a prosecutor, Tony Castro has had a passion for justice.  As an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County, Tony spent years in the front lines of litigation—investigating crimes, interviewing and preparing witnesses, selecting juries, examining and cross-examining witnesses, delivering effective opening and closing statements, and prosecuting cases to the full extent of the law.  He notably, tried over 40 jury cases and prosecuted violent criminals, rapists, stalkers, and criminal fraudsters.  Because of his ability and experience, he was selected to teach litigation skills to junior prosecutors.

As a commercial and business litigator for the past 15 years, Tony brings that depth of courtroom experience to bear for his clients.  Following his government service, Tony entered private practice in 1996 and later joined a national litigation firm representing major companies in defending mass tort and class action litigation.  As litigation counsel to these companies, Tony represented clients on early case resolution and damage management issues, witness interviews and fact development, and trial team and expert selection.  He planned and participated in the pretrial preparation of complex and high-value trials, including mock jury selection and jury trials with national experts.

At Infante Zumpano, Tony Co-Chairs the Litigation Department, and represents multinational corporations, as well as individuals and local companies, in resolving all types of commercial disputes, including business torts, breaches of contracts, enforcement of non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements, and business dissolutions.  Fluent in Spanish, Tony has handled litigation matters involving various foreign jurisdictions in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean, and has litigated numerous matters relating to forum non conveniens.

Tony serves on the Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee and on the Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  He is AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®—its highest peer review rating—and has been repeatedly recognized by Florida Trend magazine’s Legal Elite as one of the State’s Legal Leaders in the area of commercial litigation, and as a Florida Super Lawyer.

Tony is Chairman of the Florida Bar’s Grievance Committee 11-C.  He has served as the President of the Cuban American Bar Association and is a Director of the League of Prosecutors.

Significant Representations

• Represented  multinational corporation in wide-scale products liability litigation in Florida
• Represented a Venezuelan television corporation in trademark infringement litigation arising out of the alleged breach of a management contract
• Represented health insurance company in enforcement of non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements
• Represented shareholders and members in corporate disputes and judicial dissolutions of corporations and limited liability companies

• Complex commercial litigation and arbitration
• Appeals

• Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee
• Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Chairman of Florida Bar Grievance Committee 11-C
• Director of the League of Prosecutors
• Chairman of the International Law Committee of the Dade County Bar Association
• Inaugural Chairman of the Foreign Lawyers Committee of the International Law Section of the Florida Bar (2009-2010)
• President of the Cuban American Bar Association (2005)
• Inaugural Chairman of the Lawyers Section of the Belen Alumni Association (2008-2010)

• AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®—its highest peer review rating
• Florida Legal Elite:  recognized by Florida Trend magazine’s as one of the State’s Legal Leaders in the area of commercial litigation, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Florida Super Lawyers:  among only five percent of Florida attorneys chosen by peers for inclusion, 2011

• Lead the prosecution of “Petition Against Human Rights Violations Committed By República de Cuba”, including drafting and argument of Petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2003-2005
• Litigation Counsel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, 2002-2009
• State Prosecutor, Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office, 1993-1996

• “Common-Law Pleading, Forms of Action and Glossary of Terms,”  Florida Civil Practice Before Trial, Ninth Edition, 2011
• Numerous lectures and speaking engagements sponsored by the American Bar Association, Florida Bar, Hispanic National Bar Association, Cuban American Bar Association, and Dade County Bar Association regarding various topics, including:  conflicts of interest in the representation of multiple clients, practicing with professionalism, diversity in the legal profession, and prosecuting human rights violations before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1993
• B.A., Columbia College, Columbia University, 1990

• Florida:  all State trial and appellate courts
• United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit