Bruce Castor | |
|---|---|
 Castor presenting at Donald Trump's impeachment trial in 2021 | |
| Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
| Acting August 17, 2016 – August 31, 2016 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Kathleen Kane |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Beemer |
| Solicitor General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office March 21, 2016 – September 9, 2016 | |
| Governor | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners | |
| In office January 7, 2008 – January 4, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Joe Gale |
| District Attorney of Montgomery County | |
| In office January 3, 2000 – January 7, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Marino |
| Succeeded by | Risa Vetri Ferman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bruce Lee Castor Jr. October 24, 1961 Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Elizabeth |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Lafayette College (AB) Washington and Lee University (JD) |
Bruce Lee Castor Jr.[1] (born October 24, 1961)[2][3] is an American lawyer and retired Republican politician from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016, and also first deputy attorney general the following July. Castor became acting attorney general less than a month later. He led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with American lawyer David Schoen.[4]
- ^ Pennsylvania state reports - Volume 591, 2007
- ^ Hubbell, Martindale (April 1997). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota (Volume 14 - 1997). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561602223.
- ^ Hubbell, Martindale (December 1, 2016). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2017: Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia. Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781603663861.
- ^ Acosta, Jim; Collins, Kaitlan; Brown, Pamela; Polantz, Katelyn (February 1, 2021). "Trump names two new lawyers for impeachment trial a day after his defense team collapsed". CNN. Retrieved February 10, 2021.