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David L. Cousineau, partner, represents plaintiffs in complex commercial litigation including lender liability, intellectual property and class actions. DAVID L. COUSINEAU Mr. Cousineau, who became partner in the firm in 2019, has achieved significant victories for his clients in contexts as varied as lender liability, fraud, business disputes, landowner disputes, [ More... ]
Santa Barbara-based Cappello & Noël LLP is listed in U.S. News-Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" 2018 edition. The firm received a Tier 1 (highest) ranking in Santa Barbara for Commercial Litigation. In addition, Barry Cappello, managing partner, was included in the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. To be selected to the annual [ More... ]
Four former employees say that Wells Fargo made clients in its Los Angeles region pay for missing deadlines to lock in interest rates on loans, even though the delays were the bank’s fault. by Jesse Eisinger ProPublica, Jan. 23, 2017, 8 a.m. Wells Fargo, the largest mortgage lender in the country, portrays itself as a [ More... ]
Cappello & Noël's success in class action litigation has resulted in multimillion-dollar settlements for class participants. Current Cappello & Noël Plaintiffs Class Actions Santa Barbara Oil Spill | Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions Cappello & Noël filed a class action lawsuit on June 23, [ More... ]
The City of Tustin sued Keybank and other lenders to a developer who was hired redevelop a former U.S. Marine base, borrowed $70 million against the project, then failed to complete the work and defaulted on the loans.
This area of the law has grown and matured significantly over the years and is now recognized as a distinct body of law that is the basis of thousands of lawsuits filed over the last decade. Lender Liability | 5th Edition Written for both lenders' and borrowers' attorneys, [ More... ]
Since the firm began in 1977, partners have successfully tried major commercial litigation cases resulting in over $1 billion in verdicts, settlements, class action awards and workouts for clients. founding the firm: A. Barry Cappello founded the firm now known as Cappello & Noël in 1977 to bring an indomitable [ More... ]
After leaving the Santa Barbara City Attorney's Office for private practice, A. Barry Cappello began noticing that few people would bring lawsuits against big banks - particularly when it came to lender liability. Cappello realized it was a potential niche for his firm, Cappello & Noel (https://cappellonoel.com/). "Nobody was suing the banks because they were hiring the biggest lawyers in the world, and I didn't think that was right," Cappello said in an interview.
