Cappello & Noël, LLP, one of the country’s foremost complex commercial litigation law firms, has added three associates, according to A. Barry Cappello, managing partner of the Santa Barbara firm. Joining Cappello & Noël are Lawrence J. Conlan, Matthew S. Da Vega and Wendy D. Welkom.
Barry Cappello’s phone has been ringing off the hook these days, and, for bankers, this should be a wakeup call. Cappello is a veteran plaintiff’s attorney with a major-league specialization in lender liability cases. And chances are more than good that Cappello or one of his fellow borrower attorneys could be talking to your customers.
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a large, generous cash contribution from Cappello & Noël in the amount of $25,000 toward the Foundation's Annual Year End Appeal for the Campaign for Equal Justice.
UCLA School of Law officially dedicated the A. Barry Cappello Courtroom to honor its alumni, A. Barry Cappello, a nationally respected trial attorney and managing partner of Santa Barbara's Cappello & Noël, LLP. The Cappello Courtroom, located on the UCLA campus, serves as UCLA Law’s primary courtroom where students compete in mock trials, moot courts and simulated trials and gain experience arguing in a realistic courtroom environment.
Just a year ago, the theory that poor and minority borrowers were to blame for the housing crisis took hold with a vengeance, and so did the belief that the government forced lenders to make subprime mortgages to meet affordable housing goals.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge yesterday certified a lending discrimination class action against Wells Fargo Bank. The class action was brought against the lender on behalf of loan customers in minority communities in Los Angeles.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of minority mortgagors against Wells Fargo (WFC: 26.52 +1.18%) will proceed as a class action case after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge certified it as such. The suit alleges Wells Fargo discriminated against as many as 10,000 borrowers in minority communities by charging more for loans than borrowers paid
On August 15, 2005, Plaintiffs brought their four-year-old son, Yoni Gottesman, to Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club ("COAC") to attend a Summer Activities Camp ("Camp"). After Plaintiffs left their son in Defendants' care, Defendants allowed him to drown. Yoni drowned right in front of camp counselors and lifeguards.
Deadly Summer Camp Dangers - PDF Link to Video
