INTRODUCING OUR FOUNDER, JAVIER CASTILLO, JR.

Javier is president of Castillo Language Services, Inc. in Greenville, NC. He is an interpreter, translator, consultant and internationally recognized speaker. He is a Federally Certified Court Interpreter, NC AOC certified court interpreter, a Certified Medical Interpreter, (CCHI) and contract interpreter for the U.S. Department of State and routinely interprets for international delegations and high-level speakers across the United States and abroad.

Since 2007, Javier has offered training workshops for court, medical, conference and community interpreters across the United States. He has provided in-house training for interpreters at hospitals, Administrative Offices of the Court, and Departments of Social Services. He recently developed and taught training courses for the staff and contract interpreters of the U.S. Department of State Office of Language Services.

He has designed and taught courses on working with interpreters in the legal field at Campbell Law School and the UNC School of Law. He’s also taught Continuing Legal Education courses for members of the judiciary.

Javier is a frequent speaker and trainer at national and international conferences. He is the President of the Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI), the Chair of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT)and Head of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association of Professional Interpreters and Translators (IAPTI), and an active member of the American Translator’s Association.

SOME PREVIOUS

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND WORKSHOPS 

Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of State Language Services Summer Training Initiative, Keynote Speaker, July 2021

Greenville, NC Pitt County Social Services Training May 2020, February, 2016
Palm Springs, California American Translators Association Annual Conference, Palm Spring, California, October, 2019
Greenville, NC Noon Rotary, Guest Speaker, March, 2019.
Nashville, TN American Translators Association Annual Conference, Palm Spring, California, October, 2019
Austin, TX  NAJIT Annual Conference, Nashville, TN May 2019
Charlotte, NC Consecutive and Note taking Workshop, July 2019
Raleigh, NC Consecutive and Note taking Workshop October, 2019
Miami, FL Spring into Action: March 16-18, 2018 
Toronto, Canada Multi-Languages Annual Conference - September, 2018 Valencia, Spain IAPTI International Conference - September, 2018
Nashville, TN  TAPIT Annual Conference, March 2018 
Charlotte, NC FCICE Prep Course 2017, 2019
Buenos Aires, Argentina  IAPTI Fourth International Conference - April, 2017
Charlotte, NC Regional Medical Interpreter Summit, CarolinaHealth Systems, April, 2017
Chapel Hill, NC UNC Law School “Latinos and the Law” - Guest Lecturer - 3 years 
Richmond, VA Supreme Court of Virginia, Staff Interpreter Training, October, 2014
Greensboro, NC Guilford County Bar Association, Guest Speaker 2009
Winston-Salem, NC NC Verbatim Court Reporters Regional Conference, 2008
Wilmington, NC Federal Public Defender’s Spring Conference 2008
Greenville, NC Pitt County Bar Association, Guest Speaker 2002