Sophia Castillo '02

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Sophia Castillo '02 has been recognized as a Top Author in the JD Supra 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards for her thought leadership and writing on key topics in Food & Beverage.

Castillo is a partner in Downey Brand’s environmental practice in San Francisco, where she specializes in complex issues relating to California’s Proposition 65 and toxics law. In her Proposition 65 practice, she defends clients up and down the supply chain in the food, cosmetics, home and garden, housewares, hardware, glassware and cleaning products industries. She co-publishes a monthly update, "Proposition 65: Trends and Highlights," describing trends in 60-Day Notices of Violation by citizen plaintiff groups with her colleague Patrick.

In its sixth year, the Readers’ Choice Awards recognize top authors and firms read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals across the JD Supra platform. JD Supra editors chose the 28 main topics covered in this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards for their timeliness as well as their proven, ongoing importance. In each category, they recognized ten authors for their high visibility and engagement. In total, across all categories, 265 authors were recognized for their excellence and achievement out of a pool of approximately 60,000.

Read the press release here.