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
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... ]
Judge Approves $230 Million Settlement for Fishing Industry Members And Shoreline Residents Damaged By Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill
On September 20, Federal District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted final approval of a combined $230 million class action settlement arising out of Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Refugio Oil Spill on the Santa [ More... ]
Santa Barbara County Judge Sides With Montecito Homeowners in Trailhead Parking Dispute – SB Noozhawk
Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle sided with Montecito homeowners on Tuesday in the dispute over parking access to the Montecito Hot Springs. Anderle ruled that Santa Barbara County and its legal counsel violated a preliminary [ More... ]