Cappello & Noël is experienced in every facet of business litigation, enabling the firm to decisively and effectively develop, litigate and try complex business cases.
The firm’s extensive record of trial victories gives clients the expert representation needed to successfully pursue legal recourse, no matter the size and legal firepower of the opponent. Clients range from entrepreneurs to established businesses involved in litigation against large corporations and financial institutions. The firm is experienced in handling the most complicated cases, especially those with tremendously long and intricate paper trails. It often uncovers the “smoking gun” during discovery, which allows for early settlement or success in court.
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Awards & Verdicts | Complex Business Litigation Sample Cases
Verdict: $41.7 million jury verdict in case involving breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriated trade secrets, breached employee contracts and other misconduct.
Verdict: $6.5 million in compensatory damages and $1.2 million in punitive damages.
Settlement: negotiated a $50 million buyout of oceanfront land for 45 homeowners.
Verdict: $3.49 million jury verdict in a legal malpractice case.
Verdict: $1.5 million jury award in a breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and contract breach case.
Verdict: $4.6 million jury verdict in a breach of contract trial.
COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION NEWS
$19 Million Jury Award for Passport 420 in Insurance Bad Faith Case Against Starr Insurance related to Jet Seizure and Michael Avenatti Misconduct
A Santa Barbara County jury found that Starr Indemnity & Liability Company acted in bad faith and with malice and oppression when it refused to pay an insurance claim submitted by Passport 420, LLC, its [ More... ]
Judge Rules Property Owners Adjacent To Montecito Country Club Must Remove Landscaping They Placed in Easement And Restore Property To Previous Condition
A Santa Barbara Superior Court judge ruled July 30 that property owners adjacent to Montecito Country Club must pay for the costs of removing landscaping they installed without permission on an easement owned by the [ More... ]
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 [ More... ]