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

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 and his foundation have donated over $3 million to his [ More... ]

By |2023-12-13T11:37:47-08:00December 13th, 2023|News|

Cappello & Noël LLP Adds Attorney Andrew Dickerson

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 in all of the firm’s cases, from intake to preparing [ More... ]

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

‘Reality’ Intrudes into Safety Valves Proposal for Refugio Pipeline – SB Independent

If not for the seriousness of the matter at hand — the eventual restarting of Line 901, the pipeline that caused the Refugio Oil Spill in 2015 — the arguments this morning at the Planning Commission over installing 16 automated safety valves could have simply been appreciated for the artful rhetoric rolled out by the participating attorneys. Ultimately, what seemed [ More... ]

Edison’s Thomas Fire demurrers sustained, plaintiffs can amend/Daily Journal

Edison demurred to the class action claims on the grounds that a utility cannot be held liable to third parties for purely economic loss resulting from a public disaster, according to a 2019 ruling in Southern California Gas Leak Cases. Highberger on Tuesday overruled the demurrer as to claims of inverse condemnation, private nuisance and trespass, while sustaining with leave [ More... ]

Barry Cappello Named a Member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Barry Cappello was once again named a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100. The association is invitation-only and is comprised of an elite group of civil plaintiff and criminal defense trial lawyers from each state. Each member goes through a third-party research and review process. According to the National Trial Lawyers, members are those “who demonstrate superior qualifications [ More... ]

By |2023-03-09T11:04:01-08:00March 9th, 2023|Firm News, News|

SB Independent: Hollister Ranch Lawsuit Lives On to Fight Another Day

Eight attorneys were gathered, in person and virtually, in Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Colleen Sterne’s courtroom on Monday morning, in the hope of influencing her ruling that saved a Hollister Ranch lawsuit from an early death. Three were from the state Attorney General’s Office, and one was Barry Cappello, arguably the litigator’s litigator in Santa Barbara. By Jean Yamamura Mon [ More... ]

By |2022-12-06T10:32:27-08:00December 6th, 2022|Environmental Law, Firm News, News, Real Estate & Land Use Law|

Judge Approves $230 Million Settlement for Fishing Industry Members And Shoreline Residents Damaged By Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

On September 20, Federal District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted final approval of a combined $230 million class action settlement arising out of Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Refugio Oil Spill on the Santa Barbara coast. The court’s approval clears the way for the settlement administrator to begin processing and paying claims submitted by affected fishers and property owners. [ More... ]

By |2022-09-22T16:12:35-07:00September 22nd, 2022|Class Actions, Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News, Toxic Tort|

Barry Cappello and Leila Noël Included in 2023 Best Lawyers in America©

Barry Cappello and Leila Noël, partners in the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP, were selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Both attorneys were recognized for their legal skills in mass tort litigation and plaintiff class action representation. Since 1989, Cappello has been consecutively included in the rankings. This is the [ More... ]

By |2022-08-24T14:12:54-07:00August 24th, 2022|Firm News, News|

Attorney G. Michael Brelje Joins Santa Barbara’s Cappello & Noël

G. Michael Brelje, a civil litigation trial attorney who specializes in complex business, real estate and construction business litigation, has joined the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP. Brelje’s practice includes all forms of civil procedure, discovery and motion practice, as well as trial and appellate appearances. Before joining Cappello & Noël, Brelje was a senior attorney at [ More... ]

By |2022-08-03T08:43:22-07:00August 3rd, 2022|Firm News, News|

Santa Barbara County Judge Sides With Montecito Homeowners in Trailhead Parking Dispute – SB Noozhawk

Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle sided with Montecito homeowners on Tuesday in the dispute over parking access to the Montecito Hot Springs. Anderle ruled that Santa Barbara County and its legal counsel violated a preliminary injunction by placing notices in front of 11 homes in Montecito, ordering the residents to remove their encroachments in the public right of way. "The letters [ More... ]

By |2022-06-28T16:05:39-07:00June 28th, 2022|Government Issues, News, Real Estate & Land Use Law|
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