Cappello & Noël LLP
831 State Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101-3227, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3227
About Cappello & Noël LLP
Cappello & Noël LLP is a Santa Barbara, California law firm established in 1977. The firm handles complex business litigation, lender liability, class actions, employment litigation, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. It has secured over $2 billion in verdicts and settlements for clients. A. Barry Cappello pioneered the field of lender liability, authoring an authoritative treatise on the subject. The firm operates with a trial team concept, representing individuals and businesses against large corporations and financial institutions.
Our Attorneys

A. Barry Cappello
Managing Partner
59+ years experience

Wendy D. Welkom
Attorney
42+ years experience

Leila J. Noël
Partner
41+ years experience

David L. Cousineau
Partner
22+ years experience

Lawrence J. Conlan
Partner
22+ years experience

G. Michael Brelje
Attorney
14+ years experience

Richard Lloyd
Attorney
4+ years experience

Andrew Dickerson
Attorney
1+ years experience

Mandy Moua
Attorney
0Notable Case Results
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$19M
Insurance Bad Faith
Jury found 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.
$9.8M
Lending Discrimination
Total judgment against Wells Fargo Bank in a lending discrimination class action lawsuit, following a jury award of $3.5 million.
$4.8M
Wrongful Death
Settlement for survivors and parents of a 2009 wrong-way driver accident that took two lives and seriously injured two others, alleging negligent actions by a Sheriff's Deputy.
$7.7M
Complex Business Litigation
Jury awarded verdict in favor of United Studios of Self Defense (USSD) against former executives and their new company, Z-Ultimate, for illegal rebranding and taking trade secrets.
$1.4M
Wrongful Death
Settlement paid to a surviving family member of a 75-year-old woman and her daughter who were struck and killed by a hotel van.
$3.5M
Lending Discrimination
Jury ruled against Wells Fargo in a mortgage discrimination case, finding the bank knowingly discriminated against borrowers in minority neighborhoods.
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