Plains All American Pipeline Agrees to Pay $230 Million to Fishing Industry, Shoreline Residents – SB Noozhawk

Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit, and pay $230 million to fishers, fish processors, and shoreline property residents damaged by the Refugio oil spill in 2015. On May 19, 2015, a Plains pipeline ruptured on the Gaviota Coast, spilling up to 630,000 gallons, or 15,000 barrels, of crude oil onto the shoreline and into the ocean. [ More... ]

$230 Million Class Action Settlement Reached For Fishing Industry Members And Shoreline Residents Damaged By Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to pay $230 million to fishers, fish processors and shoreline property residents who are members of two classes in a class action lawsuit filed against the company after a corroded pipeline spilled an estimated 15,000 barrels of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean in 2015. The class members are represented by Cappello & Noël [ More... ]

Montecito Homeowners Take Legal Action Against County Over Parking for Hot Springs Trail

Four Montecito property owners are taking legal action against Santa Barbara County over the government's attempt to create up to 62 parking spaces for access to the Hot Springs Trail on East Mountain Drive. A hearing for a preliminary injunction against the county is set for May 6. Christopher Anderson, Ross Bagdasarian, Peter Barker and James Moreley are looking to stop the [ More... ]

Law.com: CA State Judge Orders Michael Avenatti to Appear for Trial

An Orange County Superior Court judge has issued a writ commanding a federal prison warden to produce inmate Michael Avenatti for in-person testimony this week at the West Justice Center in Westminster, California, recently renamed the Stephen K. Tamura Justice Center. Avenatti has said he'll only appear via video and will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, but [ More... ]

By |2023-09-07T17:12:53-07:00April 4th, 2022|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News|

A. Barry Cappello and Leila Noël Selected to 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers List

Barry Cappello and Leila Noël, partners in the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël LLP, have been selected to the 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list. No more than 5 percent of attorneys are named to the list each year. Cappello has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2007. Cappello represents plaintiffs in lender liability matters, [ More... ]

By |2022-04-26T13:28:49-07:00January 21st, 2022|News|

Cappello & Noël Adds New Attorney

Richard Lloyd is now an associate attorney at the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP. Lloyd has worked at the firm since 2015, beginning as a paralegal. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2003 and the Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law in 2020 where he was class valedictorian. He passed the California State [ More... ]

By |2022-04-26T13:29:08-07:00July 7th, 2021|Firm News, News|

Cappello & Noël Highlighted in Daily Journal Article “Fight Club”

Santa Barbara's Cappello & Noël LLP was recently featured in the Daily Journal. The article titled "Fight Club," talks about the firm's beginnings, firm philosophy and, while it has just seven attorneys, how its litigation prowess is fearsome. It interviews the firm's partners, attorneys who have worked with the firm as well as opposing counsel. To read the article, click [ More... ]

By |2021-05-14T09:40:14-07:00June 26th, 2020|Firm News, News|

A. Barry Cappello & Leila Noël Selected to 2020 Super Lawyers List

Barry Cappello and Leila Noël, partners in the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël LLP, have been selected to the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list. No more than 5 percent of lawyers receive this honor. Cappello has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2007. Cappello represents plaintiffs in lender liability matters, complex business litigation, class [ More... ]

By |2020-02-03T12:31:00-08:00February 3rd, 2020|Firm News, News|

UCLA LAW | New Heights for Trial Advocacy Program

Scoring big in prestigious tournaments and earning a No. 3 national ranking, UCLA School of Law’s trial advocacy team enjoyed unprecedented success in 2018-19. Under the direction of veteran litigator and legal educator Justin Bernstein — who joined UCLA Law in 2018 to direct the trial advocacy program — the trial team won three tournaments in the academic year and [ More... ]

By |2020-08-18T13:24:25-07:00November 26th, 2019|Firm News|

Barry Cappello Featured In UCLA Law’s 70th Anniversary Magazine

Seventy UCLA Law alumni, including Barry Cappello, were featured in the school’s Fall 2019 magazine that celebrated UCLA Law’s 70th Anniversary. Cappello was singled out as one of the school’s five “Top Trial Lawyers” in its 70-year history.

By |2020-08-18T12:58:58-07:00November 22nd, 2019|Firm News, News|
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