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... ]
June 13, 2011 Santa Barbara Independent - By Tyler Hayden Attorney Says Deputy at Fault for 2009 Accident Involving DUI Driver Judge James Brown decided earlier this month to let a wrongful-death lawsuit against Santa Barbara County and the Sheriff's Department proceed to trial. The complaint, in short, accuses a deputy dispatched to chase a DUI motorist speeding down the [ More... ]
May 14, 2011 8:09 AM Leila Noēl, a partner in the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noēl LLP, was named by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals as one of top 75 women lawyers in California. Ms. Noēl, who works in lender liability, complex business litigation and catastrophic personal injury cases, is the only attorney from [ More... ]
Leila J. Noël, partner with the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël LLP, was named one of the "Top 75 Women Lawyers" in California by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. Noël was the only attorney selected from Santa Barbara County or surrounding counties (Ventura and San Luis Obispo). The list of top attorneys was released [ More... ]
May 12, 2011 LOS ANGELES, CALIF.--MGA Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based toymaker best known for its Bratz product line, filed a lawsuit against several large European banks over their alleged concealment of accounting fraud at French toymaker Smoby prior to MGA's purchase of the company. Because the banks manipulated Smoby's internal finances, the lawsuit says MGA now stands to lose as [ More... ]
