Attorney Profile

Federico Castelan Sayre
Santa Ana, California

Managing Partner
phone	(714) 550-9117
fax	(714) 550-9125
email	Email Me

Federico Castelan Sayre, (Member) born Tucson, Arizona, November 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; 1977; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1978; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1980; Arizona. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1969); Centro de Intercultural Documental, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico (Accelerated Spanish Courses, 1969); Princeton University (M.P.A., 1971); University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1975). Chief Note and Comment Editor, University of California at Berkeley Law Review, 1974-1975. Recipient, Benito Juarez Award for Outstanding Work for the Latino Legal Community of Los Angeles, 1986. Lecturer; "Complex Litigation; Class Action or Mass Tort?", "Police Misconduct", "Brain Injury and Head Trauma Experts", Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1995-1997. Founding Life Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Board of Director, 1976--and Member, 1981--, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1984-1986) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (National Chairman, 1985-1988 and National Secretary, 1983-1985, Railroad Section); California Trial Lawyers Association: Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association; Mexican-American Bar Association (Treasurer, 1984-1987), Hispanic Bar Association President 2004. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Civil Rights, Medial Malpractice. Legal Malpractice.

Areas of Practice:: 60% Personal Injury -- Plaintiff; 20% Legal Malpractice; 19% Medical Malpractice; 1% Personal Injury -- Defense

Litigation Percentage:: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: California, 1975; U.S. Federal Courts, 1975; U.S. Supreme Court, 1975

Education:: University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, June, 1975
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence; Princeton University, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey, 1973
Master's Degree in Public Affairs; Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971
M.P.A., Master of Public Administration; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1969
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: University Debate Team

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Torts Practice: 21st Annal Recent Developments, CEB, January 28, 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Hispanic Bar Association, 2004; Past President; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member; CAALA; Member; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Member; Orange County Bar Association; Member

Languages:: Spanish