At Legal Aid Foundation’s Annual Campaign for Equal Access Fundraising Luncheon held on December 15, 2011, Cappello & Noel, LLP pledged $50,000 to Legal Aid Foundation in a five year pledge.
Santa Barbara, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2012)--Leila J. Noël, partner in the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël LLP, has been named by Super Lawyers Southern California magazine as one of the top attorneys in Southern California for 2012.
Cappello & Noël, LLP made a five-year financial commitment to support the Santa Barbara Legal Aid Foundation. The Santa Barbara-based law firm announced it would donate $10,000 a year for five years to the non-profit organization, which provides free legal services those in need.
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.
Cappello & Noël LLP is the sponsor of the December 15 Equal Justice Luncheon hosted by the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County. The event takes place at Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort. The luncheon is a fundraiser for the foundation. Cappello & Noël's managing partner, A. Barry Cappello, will take to the podium to urge those in attendance to [ More... ]
Lenders often demand far more security than they need when a business borrower seeks a loan. While this may be a prudent and cautious lending strategy for banks, it can prove disastrous for a business borrower or guarantor who pledges personal collateral for the loan.
A collapse of the commercial real estate sector will be catastrophic to financial institutions and the economy so lenders must act now to avoid such a financial debacle, says A. Barry Cappello, nationally renowned attorney specializing in lender liability law.
Chumash representatives have recently sent a "Cooperative Agreement" letter to members of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors requesting that the 1,400 acres be annexed to the Chumash's already 135 acres in Santa Ynez.
Business borrowers are beginning to feel the ripple effects of the financial crisis as lenders tighten commercial lending in a cautionary attempt to stop further erosion of capital and assets, says lender liability expert A. Barry Cappello, managing partner with the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noel, LLP. He says the coming commercial credit crunch will be hard felt--especially by small businesses and borrowers in certain industries.
By A. Barry Cappello Note: This article appeared in the Letters to the Editor column of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Sept, 20, 2011 This letter responds to "Reality check: A bank's liability is not that simple," by Jill Switzer (Sept. 1). In cautioning the reader not to assume that bank liability for depositor claims is "a snap," Switzer [ More... ]
