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Capella is the youngest of ten children of Bernard Joseph Capella, Jr., and the former Lillian McCormack, both deceased. His sister, Mary Jane Capella Silva, an educator and the second oldest of the children, died at the age of sixty on September 2, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wate.tributes.com/obituary/print_selections/94386918?type=6|title=Mary Jane Capella Silva|publisher=tributes.com|date=September 4, 2012|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref> He graduated in 1983 from the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He earned a Bachelor of Science in management in 1987 from [[Tulane University]] and a law degree in 1993 from the Tulane  Law School, also in New Orleans, where he maintains his legal practice. He resides in Metairie in Jefferson Parish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roedelparsons.com/Attorneys/Thomas-J-Capella.shtml|title=Thomas J. Capella|publisher=roedelparsons.com|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref> with his wife, the former Stephanie Carroll, a former parochial school teacher, and their two daughters, Sophie and Eliza Jane Capella.<ref name=bteca>{{cite web|url=http://www.bteca.org/details.php?id=250|title=Guest Speaker: Councilman Tom Capella|publisher=Bent Tree Estates Civic Association|date=March 19, 2009|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref>​

Capella is the youngest of ten children of Bernard Joseph Capella, Jr., and the former Lillian McCormack, both deceased. His sister, Mary Jane Capella Silva, an educator and the second oldest of the children, died at the age of sixty on September 2, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wate.tributes.com/obituary/print_selections/94386918?type=6|title=Mary Jane Capella Silva|publisher=tributes.com|date=September 4, 2012|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref> He graduated in 1983 from the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He earned a Bachelor of Science in management in 1987 from [[Tulane University]] and a law degree in 1993 from the Tulane  Law School, also in New Orleans, where he maintains his legal practice. He resides in Metairie in Jefferson Parish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roedelparsons.com/Attorneys/Thomas-J-Capella.shtml|title=Thomas J. Capella|publisher=roedelparsons.com|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref> with his wife, the former Stephanie Carroll, a former parochial school teacher, and their two daughters, Sophie and Eliza Jane Capella.<ref name=bteca>{{cite web|url=http://www.bteca.org/details.php?id=250|title=Guest Speaker: Councilman Tom Capella|publisher=Bent Tree Estates Civic Association|date=March 19, 2009|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref>​

Capella has been active in the Catholic Youth Organization and is a member of the finance committee of St. Michael's Special School for disabled children in New Orleans. He is a class captain of the Jesuit High School Alumni Association. He is affiliated with the [[Lake Pontchartrain|Pontchartrain]] Shores Civic Association and the Jefferson [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=bteca/>​

Capella has been active in the Catholic Youth Organization and is a member of the finance committee of St. Michael's Special School for disabled children in New Orleans. He is a class captain of the Jesuit High School Alumni Association. He is affiliated with the Pontchartrain Shores Civic Association and the Jefferson [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=bteca/>​

Capella formerly resided in [[Baton Rouge]] and [[Philadelphia]],  [[Pennsylvania]], dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Thomas&qmi=&qn=Capella&qcs=Metairie%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Thomas John Capella|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref>​

Capella formerly resided in [[Baton Rouge]] and [[Philadelphia]],  [[Pennsylvania]], dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Thomas&qmi=&qn=Capella&qcs=Metairie%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Thomas John Capella|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref>​