By Alex Kacik / Thursday, February 25th, 2016 A U.S. district judge denied Plains All American Pipeline’s request to put a six-month hold on the class-action lawsuit stemming from the Refugio oil spill. Judge Philip Gutierrez issued an order on Feb. 25 that denied Plains’ motion because Plains did not make a clear case on how a delay, or [ More... ]
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Leila Noël as an attorney with the firm. She started as a 2-year associate and quickly advanced in her career by successfully helping countless individuals and small businesses with their litigation matters. Eventually, she became a name partner. In addition, the Daily Journal selected her as one of the Top 75 Women Litigation [ More... ]
By Gina Potthoff, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @ginapotthoff | Published on 02.16.2016 6:46 p.m. Santa Barbara County’s legal counsel doesn’t have a response for a local attorney’s implied intent to file a lawsuit if officials allow the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians to annex land without going through certain planning channels. Well-known Santa Barbara attorney Barry Cappello promised county [ More... ]
For the 10th consecutive year, Barry Cappello, managing partner of Cappello & Noël, has been selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in southern California are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more [ More... ]
