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Barry Cappello’s phone has been ringing off the hook these days, and, for bankers, this should be a wakeup call. Cappello is a veteran plaintiff’s attorney with a major-league specialization in lender liability cases. And chances are more than good that Cappello or one of his fellow borrower attorneys could be talking to your customers.
On a boulevard lined with palm trees in Santa Barbara is a small firm that strikes fear in the boardrooms of large banks. A trailblazer in the field of lender liability, A. Barry Cappello and his firm represent small businesses that have been wronged by lenders.
A. Barry Cappello, managing partner, is one of the nation’s leading trial lawyers and authorities on complex commercial litigation including lender liability, class actions, catastrophic personal injury matters and environmental litigation. A. BARRY CAPPELLO Mr. Cappello has challenged the “business as usual” way financial institutions, government entities and big [ More... ]
On January 24, 2018, a class action lawsuit was filed by Cappello & Noël LLP and co-counsel against Southern California Edison alleging the company knowingly and continually violated safety procedures, which lead to the devastating Thomas Fire that began December 4, 2017 and then the deadly Montecito mudslides. Jump to the class action contact [ More... ]
By A. Barry Cappello Note: This article appeared in the Letters to the Editor column of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Sept, 20, 2011 This letter responds to "Reality check: A bank's liability is not that simple," by Jill Switzer (Sept. 1). In cautioning the reader not to assume that bank liability for depositor [ More... ]
Barry Cappello, the father of lender liability, takes on the nation's banks and irritates Santa Barbara's legal community. Standing in the back of a Los Angeles courtroom during a recess in his most recent case against a big bank, A. Barry Cappello was sounding downright modest about what he had accomplished in his day-long summation.
The corporate decor at Universal Music Group is high-tech modern, but here, in the Santa Barbara law offices of A. Barry Cappello, it's the Wild West. To the left is a rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike. To the right is a bronze statue of a bucking bronco. A muffled hysteria unspools as faxes, phones and modems transmit the breaking news about Cappello's high-profile entertainment case against UMG. Overlooking all this is a striking William Koerner painting that depicts a stickup.
Barry Cappello, managing partner with the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP, was named one of the "Top 100 Lawyers" in California in 2020 by the Los Angeles/ San Francisco Daily Journal. Cappello was selected from the over 190,000 attorneys actively practicing law in California. The list of top attorneys appeared in the [ More... ]
Leila J. Noël is recognized as one of the Top Women Lawyers in California, with expertise in complex business litigation, lender liability, class actions and catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death. LEILA J. NOËL Ms. Noël has tried or co-tried most of the firm’s largest cases, and has obtained verdicts [ More... ]
Lawrence J. Conlan, partner, represents plaintiffs in complex commercial litigation including lender liability, intellectual property and class actions. LAWRENCE J. CONLAN Mr. Conlan is a trial lawyer who has achieved significant victories for his clients who include emerging businesses, industry pioneers, and individual victims of consumer abuses and investment fraud. [ More... ]
