Cappello & Noël LLP | Recognized as one of the top complex business litigation law firms in the United States

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Cappello & Noël | PRACTICE AREAS

Complex Business Litigation

We are experienced in every facet of business litigation, enabling the firm to decisively and effectively develop, litigate and try complex business cases. More

Lender
Liabilty

Cappello & Noël has earned a nationwide reputation as the pioneer in the field of lender liability. The firm represents individuals and businesses that have been injured or destroyed by their lender. More

Plaintiffs’ Class
Actions | Mass Torts

Cappello & Noël represents plaintiffs in consumer, antitrust, toxic tort/environmental, insurance and banking class actions. More

Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death

Cappello & Noël handles serious and complex personal injury claims, as well as wrongful death claims. More

Employment
Litigation

Our firm represents plaintiffs in employment cases, including wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment. More

Cappello & Noël | FIRM NEWS

$70 Million Class Action Settlement Reached For Property Owners Damaged By Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

Cappello & Noël2024-05-03T16:10:28-07:00May 3rd, 2024|Class Actions, Firm News|

On May 1, 2024, nine years after a pipeline ruptured along the Santa Barbara coastline spilling oil onto private property, Refugio State Beach and into the Pacific Ocean, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez granted preliminary approval of a $70 million class action settlement to property owners to resolve all [ More... ]

Cappello Foundation Donates $100,000 To UCLA School of Law’s Cappello Trial Advocacy Scholarship Fund

Cappello & Noël2023-12-13T11:37:47-08:00December 13th, 2023|News|

When Barry Cappello, managing partner at Santa Barbara’s Cappello & Noël LLP, was attending law school in the 1960s, there were no trial advocacy programs at major law schools. Back then, law schools didn’t teach students how to try cases. They had to learn once they became a lawyer. Cappello [ More... ]

Cappello & Noël LLP Adds Attorney Andrew Dickerson

Cappello & Noël2023-09-20T13:48:59-07:00September 20th, 2023|Firm News, News|

Andrew Dickerson is now an associate at the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP. Dickerson previously worked at the firm as a paralegal and became an associate upon passing the California State Bar exam in 2023. Dickerson’s practice includes civil litigation, and class actions/mass torts. He is involved [ More... ]

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Cappello & Noël LLP | Recognized as one of the top complex business litigation law firms in the United States