Andre Castaybert

André G. Castaybert is the founder and principal attorney at CASTAYBERT PLLC. His experience as a commercial trial court and appellate lawyer spans two and a half decades. He started his career as a litigator in New York City, at the international law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP where he worked for twenty years in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department on a wide range of commercial disputes in the Federal courts across the United States, in the New York State courts, and in domestic and international arbitration. André has also been Counsel to several highly regarded boutique business litigation firms in New York City and in Westchester County, providing cost-effective business litigation solutions to high net worth individuals, mid-sized companies and Fortune 500 companies before founding CASTAYBERT PLLC. André is experienced in all phases of civil litigation and has litigated many matters from inception, through discovery, through trial and appeal. He has litigated commercial matters involving a host of different areas of the law and involving a wide variety of industries and has experience counseling clients in corporate and transactional matters: Financial, Corporate and Banking: André has represented high net worth individuals, investors, and financial institutions in matters involving major banks, hedge funds, and broker-dealers, in connection with diverse claims including margin and prime broker agreements, claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, bank deposits, money laundering, and indenture compliance. Insurance Recovery: André has represented policyholders in matters of officer and director liability, commercial property damages, employee practices liability, financial guaranty and credit risk insurance. Employment: André has represented both executives and companies in disputes involving the enforcement of non-compete, confidentiality, and non-solicitation agreements, and has advised both individuals and corporations on employmen

New York University School of Law

J.D. (1988)

1985 - 1988

Honors: Semi Finalist Marden Moot Court Competition

Activities: Journal of International Law & Politics

Columbia University

B.A. (1985) | Political Science/International Politics

1982 - 1985

Owner/Principal Attorney

CASTAYBERT PLLC

2013 - Current

Counsel

Trokie Landau LLP

2012 - 2014

Counsel

Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum LLP

2010 - 2012

Counsel

Guzov Ofsink LLC

2008 - 2010

Associate Litigation

Proskauer Rose LLP

1988 - 2008

New York State Bar Association

Member

2012 - Current

Activities: Currently a member of the Commercial & Federal Ligation, Intellectual Property and Labor & Employment Sections and Member of the IP Executive Committee and the Co-chair of the Trade Secrets Sub-committee.

French-American Bar Association

Member

2010 - Current

New York City Bar Association

Member

1990 - Current

Activities: Currently: Member of the Trademark Committee; Formerly Member of the International Law, European Affairs and Professional Responsibility Committees

New York

Since 1989

2nd Circuit

Since 2005

3rd Circuit

Since 2003

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