Jim Castro-Blanco has nearly thirty years of experience as an attorney in both the private and public sectors. From 2010 until 2018, Jim served as the Chief Deputy County Attorney for Westchester County, New York, where he advised numerous elected officials, boards and commissions and was the lead attorney on high profile matters involving Westchester County. From 2016 through 2018 Jim also served as the Executive Director of the Westchester County Human Rights Commission.
Jim is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School where he was the Articles Editor of the Law Review. Mr. Castro-Blanco holds a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany.
Jim began his career with the international law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP where he litigated antitrust and complex corporate matters. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York from February 1994 to November 1996, investigating and prosecuting individuals and organizations involved in RICO, money-laundering and other financial crimes. Immediately prior to his service in Westchester County government, Jim was Counsel to Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP where he provided legal and risk management advice to businesses and individuals. From 2006 through 2009 Jim served as a Special Master by appointment of a United States District Court Judge to investigate and report upon alleged financial improprieties in the management of a pension plan.
Jim has served on the Board of Directors of Fifth Street Management, LLC and the Board of Trustees of St. John’s Riverside Hospital. Jim has also been a board member of several charities providing scholarship monies to deserving students and previously served as the president of the largest Hispanic bar association on the East Coast of the United States.