Santa Barbara, CA

Ryan D. Saba

Ryan Saba is an award winning civil litigation and trial attorney. Ryan’s practice consists of prosecuting and defending individual, class action and mass action claims. On the plaintiff side, Ryan obtains some of the largest settlements and verdicts each year. On the defense side, Ryan is considered one of the premiere “bet-the-company” trial lawyers in California. Ryan has extensive experience in a wide range of federal and state matters, including consumer litigation, employment litigation, women’s rights, complex business and entertainment disputes, catastrophic injury claims, professional responsibility, copyright/trademark, civil rights, maritime, and municipal, insurance bad faith, landowner, and product liability. Ryan has been working with Jim Rosen since 1999 and is a founding partner of Rosen Saba, LLP. Ryan is also one of the leading Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) attorneys in the nation. He pioneered and designed numerous collectives, has represented multiple NCAA Division I coaches and players, and presently sits on the Board of Directors for USC’s NIL collective House of Victory.

James R. Rosen

Jim Rosen is the founder and managing partner of Rosen Saba, LLP. Jim has successfully litigated scores of business torts, professional liability claims, employment and harassment disputes, women’s rights issues, and catastrophic injury cases on behalf of a wide spectrum of individuals, local governments, businesses and multi-national corporations. Jim has a near perfect success record as the lead trial lawyer in dozens of jury trials and arbitration proceedings. He is also an expert witness concerning attorney ethics, standard of care, and responsible billing practices in high-stakes legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty matters.

Richard K. Bridgford

Founding Partner of Bridgford, Gleason & Artinian. He has represented close to 12,000 wildfire victims, handled mass tort cases, class actions, and various civil litigation matters. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1985.

Miles B. Cooper

Miles B. Cooper is a Shareholder at Coopers LLP, specializing in personal injury litigation. He is known for his compassionate approach, trial experience, and strategic problem-solving. Admitted to the American Board of Trial Advocates at age 39, he is a recognized leader in the legal community. Miles earned his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2000 and his B.A. from the University of California Berkeley in 1995. He is licensed in California, Washington, and Oregon, and actively involved in legal aid and active transportation advocacy.

James P. Frantz

Mr. Frantz’s 45 years of legal experience includes litigating catastrophic injury claims, tractor-trailer collisions, amusement park accidents, product liability, motorcycle, and automobile collisions, aviation accidents, fire and explosion-related injuries and wrongful death claims, mass transit accidents, construction accidents, industrial accidents, complex business disputes, class actions, and mass torts. Mr. Frantz served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Porter Ranch Gas Leak litigation (one of the largest mass tort litigation in U.S. history), as well as the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the wildfire litigation against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE). He is a cum laude graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and a graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He represented the San Diego County Bar Association as a Delegate to the State Bar of California and has served as a Special Master for the State Bar of California for the past 30 years. He has also been an Arbitrator for 30 years. He is a Master of the William B. Enright Chapter of the American Inns of Court. He is a Fellow and Associate of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Ilya D. Frangos

Ilya Frangos is a Partner and lead trial counsel, litigating cases in state and federal courts in California. He represents clients with serious injuries from negligence, professional malpractice, and employment law cases. He has successfully tried cases to verdict, obtained multi-million dollar settlements, and argued before the First District Court of Appeal. He served as President of the San Mateo County Trial Lawyers' Association (2016-2017), is a member of the At Large Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California, co-founder/Treasurer for the Veteran Lawyers of San Mateo County, and a past member of the Hellenic Law Society. He was nominated as a Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star (2013-2019) and a Super Lawyer (2022-present). He also served as a JAG Captain in the California State Military Reserve (2010-2015). He is involved in community philanthropic endeavors and mentors high school students.

A. Barry Cappello

A. Barry Cappello, managing partner, is one of the nation’s leading trial lawyers and authorities on complex commercial litigation including lender liability, class actions, catastrophic personal injury matters and environmental litigation. He has challenged the “business as usual” way that financial institutions, government entities and big corporations conduct themselves. He holds them accountable when they ignore the rights of individuals and small businesses. Over the years, Mr. Cappello has obtained verdicts and settlements in excess of $2 billion. He is known as the pioneer of lender liability, the area of law that requires lenders to treat their borrowers fairly and when they don’t, they can be subject to borrower litigation under a variety of legal claims. He authored the 800-page “Lender Liability” (Juris Legal Information), which is recognized in the industry as the first and leading treatise on the subject. He has been lead trial counsel in multiple class action lawsuits filed against Plains All American and its successors, stemming from a May 2015 oil pipeline rupture and the resulting oil spill. He also brought a lawsuit against the City of Santa Barbara for violating the California Voting Rights Act. Before private practice, he served as City Attorney of Santa Barbara, chief litigator against Union Oil, Mobil, Gulf and Texaco for the 1969 Santa Barbara Channel oil spill. He was Assistant District Attorney in Santa Barbara County and Deputy Attorney General for the State of California. He has donated over $3 million to UCLA Law, leading to the creation of the A. Barry Cappello Courtroom and the A. Barry Cappello Program in Trial Advocacy, which is rated first in the nation. He was named UCLA School of Law Donor of the Year in 2018.