José-Manuel is an experienced employment and business litigator, and the Managing Shareholder of De Castro Law Group, P.C. He is a graduate of New York University School of Law and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. He previously served for several years as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Hollywood Schoolhouse. He joins the Buckley Board of Trustees for the 2021-22 school year and is a member of the Board’s Committee on Trustees and Audit Committee. José-Manuel and his wife Gina are parents to Buckley's tenth grader, Olivia.