Castro & Associates is a firm of construction trial attorneys who specialize in complex multiparty cases. The firm pioneered computer database and electronic trial media to prosecute its cases. The firm tried and won the first California death cases from the collapse of URM buildings during the San Simeon earthquake. Mr. Castro was lead trial counsel for the 16 death and injury cases resulting from the Northridge Earthquake. He won the first gross negligence condominium case in California. He won a $23 million jury verdict in the Monterey Hills subsidence case. The firm handles residential, commercial and industrial cases including soils failures, structural defects, water intrusion and steel high rise cases.  Castro has been cited by the LA Times and the LA Daily Journal for his skill in complex cases setting new standards for forensic investigations. He was featured in the April 1995 National Geographic Magazine for his Northridge Earthquake work, and appeared in the National Geographic Channel presentation, “Anatomy of an Earthquake.” The firm is AV-rated.