Lender Liability - Fifth Edition

Lender Liability - Fifth Edition is the leading one-volume work on the subject. This area of the law has grown and matured significantly over the years and is now recognized as a distinct body of law that is the basis of thousands of lawsuits filed over the last decade. Written for both lenders' and borrowers' attorneys, Lender Liability discusses the basics and more advanced issues relating to lender liability. Topics include 1) an extended analysis of where and how lender liability problems arise, 2) common law and statutory theories of liability, 3) bankruptcy concerns and 4) lawsuits against failing or failed financial institutions. A sample complaint, request for production of documents, interrogatories and jury instructions are included. The work also includes as well tables of state and federal cases and statutes, rules and regulations.

This brand new edition has been completely revised, reorganized and updated. It conforms now to the evolution and maturity of Lender Liability as an accepted, cited and well litigated area of commercial and consumer litigation. "Lender Liability" as a body of law has evolved from traditional contract and tort theories, to include causes of action based in the Uniform Commercial Code; including the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

This handy reference work is ideal for either the experienced practitioner or the neophyte involved in representing an institution or client whose interests involve bank liability.

A. Barry Cappello is the managing partner of the Santa Barbara law firm of Cappello & Noël, LLP, which he founded in 1977. The firm exclusively handles complex litigation. He is a 1962 graduate of UCLA and a 1965 graduate of the UCLA School of Law. He was admitted to practice in California in January 1966.

Mr. Cappello is recognized as one of the nation's leading trial lawyers and authorities on complex commercial litigation, specializing in lender liability. He has represented both large and small businesses against most of the nation's major lenders in litigation nationwide. His practice also includes class actions, bad faith insurance litigation and other complex business and tort litigation matters.

Mr. Cappello has successfully tried hundreds of jury trials with verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 billion for his clients.

Mr. Cappello has contributed numerous articles on complex business litigation, lender liability and advanced trial techniques to business, legal, accounting and trade publications. Publications include Trial, the Daily Journal, the National Law Journal, Cashflow, California Real Estate Journal and the Commercial Real Estate Journal, He has appeared on national radio and television programs including "20/20" and on CNN. Mr. Cappello frequently speaks to legal and business audiences around the country including the American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. He speaks to legal and business audiences around the country.

In 2007, the UCLA School of Law was the recipient if a $1.25 million gift from Mr. Cappello. The gift created an endowment that supports teaching and research within UCLA Law's trial practice and civil litigation programs. In recognition of his philanthropic leadership and to honor Mr. Cappello's legacy as a trial lawyer, UCLA School of Law named its moot courtroom the A. Barry Cappello Courtroom and also named its trial advocacy clinic after Mr. Cappello. Recently, Mr. Cappello developed a program for the law school to expose the students to the best trial lawyers. The program, called The Cappello Courtroom Series: The Art of the Trial brings top trial lawyers on either side of a complex case to speak to the UCLA law students and faculty.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Cappello served a seven-year tenure as City Attorney of Santa Barbara. He was the chief litigator against the oil companies that caused the massive 1969 Santa Barbara Channel oil spill. The disaster and the ensuing litigation awakened the nation's conscious to the dangers to our environment and the tragic consequences if not protected.

Prior to being appointed City Attorney of Santa Barbara, he was Assistant District Attorney and Chief Trial Deputy in the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office. Mr. Cappello also served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California assigned to the Special Trials and Investigations Division. Mr. Cappello prosecuted numerous murder, business crime and major felony cases.

Mr. Cappello is one of the National Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100 Trial Attorneys in Southern California. He has been named a Southern California "Super Lawyer" since 2007 and has been listed in "Best Lawyers in America: since 1992. He has consistently earned a Martindale-Hubbell "AV Preeminent" peer review rating.