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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 |2024-09-27T05:20:57-07:00August 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 |2024-09-27T05:20:57-07:00August 3rd, 2022|Firm News, News|

Jury Finds Michael Avenatti To Blame In His Decade-Old Fight Over Unpaid Attorney Fees; Exonerates Former Clients

On June 22, 2022, an Orange County civil jury found in favor of William Parrish and E. Timothy Fitzgibbons, and against Stoll, Nussbaum & Polakov, their former lawyers who had sued them for claimed attorney fees in a prior case. The jury returned a verdict in two hours, ruling against the Stoll law firm 12-0 on every claim.  The jury [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:01:45-07:00June 24th, 2022|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News|

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... ]

Judge Grants Montecito Homeowners Injunction Over Parking Plan for Hot Springs Trailhead

Four Montecito homeowners have won a temporary injunction to block Santa Barbara County from moving forward on a plan to install parking spaces along East Mountain Drive near the Hot Springs Trailhead.Superior Court Judge Donna Geck concluded that the county's parking plan cannot move forward until it is determined whether an environmental review is needed.The county wants to add parking spaces along [ More... ]

By |2022-08-31T20:11:17-07:00May 10th, 2022|Firm News, News, Real Estate & Land Use Law|

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 |2024-09-27T05:16:31-07:00April 4th, 2022|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News|

Cardi B And Tattooed Guy Held 5-Hour Settlement Talks – It Didn’t End Well – AllHipHop.com

Rap star Cardi B and her tattooed nemesis Kevin Michael Brophy took another shot at settling a $5 million lawsuit over claims she stole his back tattoo yesterday (December 1st). A settlement conference was held via Zoom between their lawyers, with Magistrate Judge Rosenbluth, overseeing the settlement talks. Brophy’s lawyer A. Barry Cappello and Lawrence J. Conlan took on Cardi’s [ More... ]

By |2021-12-07T08:41:25-08:00December 3rd, 2021|Entertainment Law, Firm News, News|

Oceanfront Property Owners File Class Action Lawsuit Against Amplify Energy

A class action lawsuit was filed October 6, 2021 against Houston, Texas-based Amplify Energy arising out of the October 2, 2021 oil pipeline spill that reportedly discharged at least 126,000 gallons of toxic crude oil into the ocean along the Orange County, California coastline. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of beachfront property owners affected by the spill. (Stephen [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:34-07:00October 8th, 2021|Class Actions, Environmental Law, Firm News, News|

Barry Cappello & Leila Noël Included in 2022 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 2022 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 ranked as one of the “Best Lawyers [ More... ]

By |2021-08-20T07:56:45-07:00August 20th, 2021|Firm News, News|
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