THE ROBING ROOM

I am a law firm librarian and last year I was the foreman on a patent infringement case tried before Judge Castel. During the two-week trial the jury had to deal with many technical aspects involving the patent in question. Throughout that time, Judge Castel exhibited the highest qualities one could want of a Federal trial court judge: Respect for all of the parties, including the jurors; a facility for moving along the case once a point had been made; a grasp of procedural matters which seemed almost second-nature to him; and a sense of humor necessary during a tedious (yet important) trial. Judge Castel deserves the accolades which I have seen already posted on this site.