Leila J. Noël

Cappello & Noël LLP

Santa Barbara, California

41+ Years Experience

Licensed in 1 State

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About Leila

Leila Noël is recognized as one of the Top Women Lawyers in California, with expertise in complex litigation, including complex commercial litigation, lender liability, class actions, and catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death. She has tried or co-tried most of the firm’s largest cases, and has obtained verdicts and settlements in excess of $500 million on behalf of her clients. She has been co-lead counsel in class and mass action cases that have resulted in tens of millions of dollars in compensation to class members. She is one of the court-appointed co-lead counsel in multiple lawsuits against Plains All American Pipeline for the 2015 oil spill. She is also lead counsel in the putative class action against Southern California Edison for the 2017 Thomas Fire. Her jury verdicts include a $70.8 million verdict for an aircraft manufacturer and a $23.1 million wrongful termination verdict. She also secured a $16.2 million verdict in a child wrongful death case. She was co-lead counsel in an Unruh Civil Rights Act class action against Wells Fargo Bank, resulting in a multi-million-dollar verdict for lending discrimination. She also settled a case with Santa Barbara County for $4.8 million for a wrongful-way-driver accident. She has successfully completed numerous settlements resulting in over $400 million in loan discounts and cash payments. In 2016, she personally donated $250,000 to the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at William & Mary for a memorial scholarship endowment.