LOS ANGELES (AP) — A proposal to replace an oil pipeline that was shut down in 2015 after causing California’s worst coastal spill in 25 years is inching though a government review, even as the state moves toward banning gas-powered vehicles and oil drilling. Consideration of the $300 million proposal by Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline is expected to enter [ More... ]
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... ]
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... ]
Richard Lloyd is now an associate attorney at the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP. Lloyd has worked at the firm since 2015, beginning as a paralegal. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2003 and the Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law in 2020 where he was class valedictorian. He passed the California State [ More... ]
Barry Cappello and Leila Noël, partners in the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël LLP, have been selected to the 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list. No more than 5 percent of lawyers receive this honor. Cappello has been named to the Super Lawyer list every year since 2007. Cappello represents plaintiffs in lender liability matters, complex business [ More... ]
Santa Barbara-based Cappello & Noël LLP is listed in U.S. News & World Report-Best Lawyers' "Best Law Firms" 2021 edition. The firm received a Tier 1 (highest) ranking in Santa Barbara County for its work in commercial litigation. U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers rank more than 14,000 law firms across the United States every year. The rankings [ More... ]
Barry Cappello, managing partner with the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP, was named one of the "Top 100 Lawyers" in California in 2020 by the Los Angeles/ San Francisco Daily Journal. Cappello was selected from the over 190,000 attorneys actively practicing law in California. The list of top attorneys appeared in the September 16 issue of the [ More... ]
Owners of a newly purchased lakefront home on the west shore of Lake Tahoe are suing their real estate brokers and agents for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and negligent misrepresentation. (Homewood Camp LLC, et al. vs. Darin Vicknair, Michael Oliver, Oliver Luxury Real Estate, et. al, July 29, 2020, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Case [ More... ]
Santa Barbara's Cappello & Noël LLP was recently featured in the Daily Journal. The article titled "Fight Club," talks about the firm's beginnings, firm philosophy and, while it has just seven attorneys, how its litigation prowess is fearsome. It interviews the firm's partners, attorneys who have worked with the firm as well as opposing counsel. To read the article, click [ More... ]
Lawsuits were filed May 18, 2020 in Santa Barbara Superior Court against Plains All American Pipeline by oil workers and service companies supporting offshore oil rigs. The plaintiffs lost their livelihoods when the May 2015 oil spill shut down oil drilling offshore Santa Barbara. Peter Trejo et. al. vs. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., SB Superior Court, May 18, 2020, [ More... ]
