A. Barry Cappello
At the time of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, A. Barry Cappello was city attorney and it was one of the major pieces of litigation he was involved in. The spill spurred the creation of Earth Day and it had a personal impact on Cappello, who saw the ruined beaches in his hometown.
Cappello saw there weren't enough firms in Santa Barbara that handled complex business litigation in the 1960s and 1970s and decided to take... (continued)
