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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 |2025-06-17T13:44:54-07:00March 9th, 2023|Firm News, News|
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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|
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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 |2025-01-07T13:42:41-08:00September 22nd, 2022|Class Actions, Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News, Toxic Tort|
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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 |2025-01-07T13:42:47-08:00August 24th, 2022|Firm News, News|
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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|
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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|
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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... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:34-07:00May 16th, 2022|Class Actions, Environmental Law, Firm News, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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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|
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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... ]

By |2022-04-26T13:26:10-07:00April 25th, 2022|Firm News, Government Issues, Real Estate & Land Use Law|
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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 the [ More... ]

By |2025-06-17T13:53:10-07:00April 4th, 2022|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News|
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