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| | Address | | 831 State Street | | Santa Barbara, California 93101-3227 | | (Santa Barbara Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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(Main Office)
| Cappello & Noël LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Complex Business Litigation, Lender Liability, Employment Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Partnership Law, Professional Practices, Libel, Professional Malpractice, Insurance Bad Faith, Construction Defects, Class Actions and Toxic Torts. | | Year Established: 1977 | Firm Profile:
Cappello & Noël LLP enjoys a national practice devoted to complex business litigation, lender liability, class actions and intellectual property litigation. It has garnered a national reputation as the pioneer in lender liability law and has successfully tried cases to multimillion dollar verdicts and negotiated multimillion dollar settlements. | | Firm Size: 7 | Languages:
Spanish and Polish. | Reference:
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust (Downtown). | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard
American Express | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | MANAGING PARTNER | | A. Barry Cappello (Managing Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, February 21, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., 1962; J.D., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, "Distinguished Service Award," Lambda Chi Alpha, 2002. Listed in: Best Lawyers of America, Woodward-White, 1992—. Author: "Preparing CEOs for Trial," Trial Diplomacy Journal, Nov/Dec 1992; "When Your Company Goes to Trial." Leaders Magazine, April-June 1992; "Trial Tactics in Business Cases," Daily Journal, July 28, 1995; "Selecting a Jury for a Complex Trial," Trial, October 1996; "Lender Liability-What Your Client Needs to Know," Consumer Attorneys of California Forum, November 1996; "Avoid Being a Victim of Lender Liability," Corporate Controller, May/June 1997; "How a Borrower Can Use Lender Liability to Attack a Trustee's Sale in a Non-judicial Foreclosure," Real Estate Finance Journal, Fall 1998; "Workouts: A Solid Alternative to Bankruptcy Court," The Real Estate Finance Journal, Fall 2000; "Challenging the Practices of the Recording Industry," Los Angeles Lawyer, May 2002; "Contract Wars," Los Angeles Music Network, May 2002; "Making It Work," Commercial Investment Real Estate, May/June 2006. Co-Author: Lender Liability, 3rd Ed. Juris Publishing, Nov. 2003 (Book); "Exercise of Undue Control By a Lender Over a Borrower," American Jurisprudence, Proof of Facts, 3d 695, Vol. 15, Feb. 1992. Lecturer: "Winning a Business Jury Trial" - "Preparing and Presenting Your Closing Argument," American Bar Association Consortium for Professional Education Videolaw Seminar, Nov. 1991 and Nov. 1990; "Prosecution and Defense of a Lender Liability Lawsuit," American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Nov. 1990 and March, 1989; "Lender Liability Issues in Capital Markets Transactions," 28th Annual Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium, April 30, 1999; "Contracts in the Music Industry," Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2002. Speaker: 8th Annual Irving H. Green Memorial Lecture, UCLA, 2006. Named: "One of America's Best Lawyers," Forbes Radio, 2005; "Who's Who in Professional Services," Pacific Coast Business Times, May, 2006. Listed in: "Who's Who in American Law" Marquis Who's Who, 1996—. Member: Santa Barbara County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Lender Liability Litigation; Civil Trial Practice; Class Action; Complex Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation. Email: A. Barry Cappello | | PARTNERS | | Leila J. Noël (Partner) born Palo Alto, California, May 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland; University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., with honors, 1980); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (J.D., 1983). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Mary & William Law Society, 1981-1983; International Law Society, 1981-1983. Author: "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Testimony Preparation: Enhancing A Plaintiff's Credibility and Confidence," Women Lawyers Journal, July 1996. Member: Santa Barbara County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Lender Liability Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Civil Trial Practice; Class Actions; Employment Discrimination; Banks and Banking; Financial Law. Email: Leila J. Noël | | Troy A. Thielemann (Member) born Texas, March 4, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1990); University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1994). Extern, to the Hon. John E. Ryan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Central District of California, 1993. Author: "Challenging the Practices of the Recording Industry," Los Angeles Lawyer, May 2002. Member: Santa Barbara County Bar Association; State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section, 1995-1996). Reported Cases: S.B. Beach Properties v. Berti, 39 Cal.4th 374 (2006); Carpinteria Valley Farms, Ltd. v. County of Santa Barbara, 334 F.3d 796 (9th Cir. 2003); O'Connor v. Boeing North American, Inc., 311 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir. 2002). Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Intellectual Property; Class Actions; Entertainment Law; Environmental Law; Civil Practice; Appellate Practice. Email: Troy A. Thielemann | | Matthew M. Clarke (Member) born Santa Barbara, California, January 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: Willamette University (B.A., 1992); Northwestern School of Law (J.D., 1996). Author: "Subcontractors Can Be Held Accountable in Construction Defect Lawsuits," Condo Management, March 2005. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: General Trial Practice; Lender Liability; Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Construction Law; Products Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Wrongful Death. Email: Matthew M. Clarke | | ASSOCIATES | | Dugan P. Kelley (Associate) born Helena, Montana, June 24, 1976; admitted to bar, 2000, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Carroll College, Helena, Montana (B.A., 1996); Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia (J.D., 1999). Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Catastrophic Injury; Insurance Bad Faith; Class Actions; Construction Law; Products Liability. Email: Dugan P. Kelley | | Matthew H. Fisher (Associate) born Redwood City, California, June 17, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1998); University of Southern California (J.D., 2003). Member, University of Southern California Law Review. Member: State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Pitzen v. Superior Court (2004) 120 Cal. App. 4th 1374; Accel v. Los Altos (2006) 136 Cal.App.4th 1207. Practice Areas: Public Law; Complex Business Litigation. | | Richard R. Sutherland (Associate) born Long Beach, California; admitted to bar, 2005, California; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., History, 2002); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2005). Recipient, Honors in Trial Advocacy, Mc George School of Law. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Litigation; Employment Law; Wrongful Termination; Medical Malpractice; Workplace Harassment; Gender and Sexual Discrimination Claims; Catastrophic Injury. Email: Richard R. Sutherland |
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