2023-05-20 12:10:14
The Ciudad Real Bar Association informs and expresses “our deep sorrow for the death, yesterday May 19, of His Excellency Mr. Federico Castejón Sánchez, dean emeritus of our Association. Given this sad news, we can only convey our most sincere condolences and all our affection and encouragement to his family and friends, especially his wife and children, and express the void left by his loss in the collective, both professionally and personally.Our dear Dean has been an outstanding member of the Ciudad Real, Castilian-Manchegan and Spanish Lawyers”, says the Illustrious Bar Association of Ciudad Real.
Castejón has been a member of the Illustrious College of Ciudad Real since October 15, 1959, with number 510; Likewise, he has belonged to the Illustrious Colleges of Madrid, Albacete, Córdoba and Jaén.
He has also been a renowned lawyer for more than 50 years, during which he founded his firm and displayed the values that he himself considered a good lawyer should have: vocation, self-disinterest, freedom and independence.
In his institutional role, he has held different positions on the Governing Board of the Ciudad Real Bar Association, having been treasurer, librarian, secretary and 1st Deputy, until he was elected Dean between 1977 and 1992, at a time when, Among other things, they had to deal with the acquisition and financing of the old headquarters —located in Pasaje de la Merced—, and the first Agreement with the University was signed, which later became the origin of the School of Practice. Legal. Likewise, the Foro Manchego Magazine was refounded in its second period.
He has been the first president of the Regional Council of Lawyers, member of the Permanent Commission of the General Council of Lawyers and Counselor of the same. He holds the 1st class Cross of San Raimundo de Peñafort, the Medal of Honor of the Illustrious Bar Association of Ciudad Real and the Medal of Honor of the Regional Council of Lawyers.
“It is with great regret that we bid farewell to a benchmark in the Institutional Law Profession who dedicated a large part of his career to representing the profession, which we know he loved, and fighting for the interests of his colleagues”, concludes the Illustrious Bar Association of Ciudad Real .
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