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Frances Carter Barron Casteel, known as Carter Casteel (born December 10, 1942), is an attorney and Republican politician from New Braunfels, Texas. A former county judge of Comal County, Casteel served as well from 2003 to 2007 in the District 73 seat in the Texas House of Representatives currently held by another Republican, Doug Miller, a former mayor of New Braunfels. ==Background== A native of Monahans in Ward County in West Texas, Casteel graduated in 1961 from Monahans High School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=House Membership: Representative Carter Casteel )〕 In 1965, Casteel received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. She subsequently procured her Master of Arts in 1971 from Texas State University, then known as Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, and her Juris Doctor in 1985 from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carter Casteel's Biography )〕 Casteel was a classroom teacher at Porter Junior High School for the Austin Independent School District from 1965 to 1973 and then at Canyon High School for the Comal Independent School District from 1974 until 1982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carter Casteel: Dancing with the Stars of New Braunfels )〕 In 1978, she was elected president of the Comal Educators Association.〔 After working for two years with another attorney, Casteel opened her own law practice in 1987.〔In 1989, she was the president of the county bar association.〔 In 1988, Governor Bill Clements named her to a two-year appointment to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Board. She is a past director of both Citizens Bank and Norwest Bank as well as KLRN-TV, the Public Broadcasting Service outlet in San Antonio. She has been affiliated with the American Association of University Women, United Way of America, the Comal County Fair Association, and the boards of ''Battleship Texas'' and the restored Brauntex Theatre. She is a member of Rotary International and the Chamber of Commerce, through which capacity she is a past chairman of the Guadalupe River Study Group. She is a member of several Republican Party women's organizations in her area. A United Methodist, Casteel is also a former charter member of the non-denominational Church in the Valley in Canyon Lake, Texas.〔 Casteel and her husband, Thomas Ralph "Tom" Casteel (born 1934),〔 have two children, Cheryl Lynn Casteel (born 1963), formerly Cheryl Land, a Certified Public Accountant, and Thomas Barron Casteel (born c. 1971). Her son is her law partner in the firm Casteel & Casteel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Casteel & Casteel )〕 Casteel is a specialist in Family Law, handling divorces, adoptions, and disputes over child custody. A certified mediator, she also works to help families to resolve their differences.〔As of 2004, she had four grandchildren.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carter Casteel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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