A. Barry Cappello, managing partner in the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël LLP, have been selected to the 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list. No more than 5 percent of lawyers receive this honor.

Cappello has been named a Super Lawyer since 2007. Cappello represents plaintiffs in lender liability matters, complex business litigation, class actions and catastrophic personal injury cases. He has obtained jury verdicts and negotiated settlements in excess of $1 billion on behalf of his clients.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, rates lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a process that includes a survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area.

In addition, the National Trial Lawyers Association has listed Cappello as a “Top 100 Trial Attorney” in Southern California since 2007 and he has been named to the “Best Lawyers in America” since 1994.