Kendall focuses her practice in commercial litigation, with an emphasis in transportation and hospitality law, as well as retail, environmental and contamination issues, employment matters, professional liability defense, product liability defense, and construction defect matters. She handles both individual and class action litigation, and has appeared before much of the federal bench in and around Dallas. Kendall fosters relationships with colleagues across Cozen O’Connor’s many practice areas so that she is positioned to help clients identify appropriate counsel for any legal issue they might face. She serves as relationship partner for clients with a wide range of legal needs.
Kendall's experience in the hospitality industry reflects multiple representative clients, including international golf management companies, hotels, and restaurants, boutique bed and breakfasts, party suppliers, spas, marinas, and country clubs. She has served as a guest lecturer on the topic of Legal Issues in the Hospitality Industry at the University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College and regularly speaks at the annual Hospitality Law Conference.
Kendall currently serves as a member of the National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association (NRRDA), whose mission is to advance and protect the interests of the retail and restaurant industry by reducing claims, better managing risk, and mounting effective defense strategies against claims and litigation. To be accepted as a private practice attorney into NRRDA, members must be nominated by three members of the restaurant or retail industries. Kendall also currently serves as a member of the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association and a sustainer of the Junior League of Dallas.
Her transportation work includes large commercially licensed vehicle owners and operators, armored vehicles, and admiralty/maritime industry clients. Kendall’s employment experience includes discrimination, sexual harassment, and overtime claims.
Kendall previously served as the pro bono coordinator for the Dallas office and the Women’s Initiative co-chair for the firm. She is a former vice-chair for the ABA TIPS Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee and a former vice-chair for the Dallas Bar Association's LegalLine Committee. Kendall is an alumna of the inaugural classes of the Dallas Mayor’s Star Council after being appointed by Mayor Mike Rawlings to serve as one of 25 influential young professionals to advise him on issues affecting the city of Dallas, Leadership University Park, a community-based leadership program to train professionals to serve the city, and Leadership State Bar of Texas, a state-wide group of 20 lawyers selected by the presidents of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Young Lawyers Association In 2009, Kendall was elected to serve a two-year term as a Director for the Texas Young Lawyers Association Board of Directors. In 2012, Kendall was recognized as Dallas Pro Bono Coordinator of the Year by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program.
In 1999, Kendall received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Texas A&M University. She earned her law degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2003. At Texas A&M, she served as president of her junior and senior class. During law school, Kendall served as editor-in-chief of the SMU Computer Law Review and Technology Journal. She participated in oral advocacy through both moot court and mock trial, where she finished as National Champion and Second Best Oralist. Kendall was selected by the dean as a barrister, nominated to serve as a member of the Mac Taylor Inn of Court, received the Second Year Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Board of Advocates, and was named to the National Order of the Barristers at graduation.