<p>Angel Castillo has significant experience over more than 25 years of practice in employment and other civil litigation and in domestic and international arbitrations. His Martindale-Hubbell Peer Rating is AV. Mr. Castillo has been selected by both the South Florida Legal Guide and Florida Super Lawyers as one of the top Labor and Employment lawyers in South Florida.<p>

His practice currently focuses on representing employers in state and federal court litigation and appeals, including defending claims arising in the workplace alleging discrimination on the basis of physical and mental disabilities (Americans with Disabilities Act), age (Age Discrimination in Employment Act), gender (including sexual harassment), pregnancy, religious beliefs, race, and national origin (Title VII); alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act; and alleging employment-related common law tort claims such as battery, defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He represents clients in such litigation primarily in Florida and Puerto Rico. Additionally, he is experienced in litigating claims arising from employment contracts, including disputes over non-compete covenants and confidentiality agreements. Besides his experience in litigation, Mr. Castillo also has extensive experience in advising employers regarding employee terminations and lay-offs, reductions in force, and plant closings (including WARN Act issues).<p>

Mr. Castillo also conducts training sessions and seminars in English as well as in Spanish for management, supervisors, and employees on issues of workplace law aimed at ensuring full compliance with applicable laws and avoiding litigation, administrative proceedings, and investigations. The subjects of such sessions include, among others, sex harassment, retaliation, wage-and-hour laws, reasonable disability accommodation, leave laws, pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse policies, and language policies in the workplace, among others.<p>

Mr. Castillo has worked on Latin American legal issues throughout his years of practice, and has worked with and supervised local lawyers in and visited Mexico and many countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America, including Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Argentina.  He is a former Chair of the International Law Committee of the Miami-Dade County Bar Association, which he founded. He has litigated and tried a number of cases in United States courts governed by the laws of various Latin American countries, including Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic, among others. He recently concluded a lengthy international arbitration governed by the law of El Salvador, conducted by the American Arbitration Association in Spanish, and another one, governed by the law of Brazil, conducted by the International Chamber of Commerce.