Courageous lawyers bravely commit to being stars in their roles. David Kendall has had an eventful legal career. His knowledge of the trial began when he was arrested several times in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 (but convicted only once) while trying to register voters. Over the years, Mr. Kendall has advised the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, and several member companies of both organizations on various First Amendment, copyright, and other legal matters in judicial, congressional, and administrative investigations, as well as legislative proposals. He has represented a number of copyright holders in anti-piracy lawsuits against various Napster-type Internet services such as Scour, Aimster, Morpheus, KaZaA and Grokster. He represented the film studios in their 9-0 victory over piracy before the Supreme Court, MGM et al. v. Grokster, et al., 545 U.S. 913 (2005). He has also represented content providers in litigation against satellite, cable and over-the-air copyright verification.
He has represented AOL in a number of Internet-related cases and has advised various clients on matters arising from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. After studying at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, graduating from Yale Law School, and completing his articling with Justice Byron R. White, he spent five years as an associate attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., where he litigated a variety of civil rights cases and defended a large number of death penalty cases. He has represented clients before courts, state supreme courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, and in state and federal proceedings following a conviction. He argued Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977), in which the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for rape unconstitutional.
He represented Florida inmate John Spenkelink, who had been sentenced to death, on numerous appeals and after the conviction, and represented the mother of Utah inmate Gary Gilmore in seeking a stay of execution in the Supreme Court. Gilmore vs. Utah, 429 U.S. 1012 (1976). He developed a legal challenge to lethal injection. Chaney vs. Heckler, 718 F.2d 1174 (D.C. Cir. 1983), rev`d 470 U.S. 821 (1985). David began his legal career in New York at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, an international law firm based in New York. David moved to Colorado in 2000 and worked in the Colorado office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison before founding Kendall, Dickinson & Koenig (later Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner) in 2002.
David left KKO to form Bold Legal LLC in 2016. Founded in 2016, Bold Legal is a law firm based in Denver, Colorado. The firm`s practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, leveraged buyouts, public and private offerings, equities, debt and convertible bonds, and mezzanine financing. The company focuses primarily on the real estate, intellectual property and legal sectors. David bravely commits to road biking on the road and in the mud, roots on hardwood for Spiders and Blue Devils, applauds music and theater, knows interesting people, visits special places and has unforgettable experiences. Commissioner, Maryland Commission on the Death Penalty, 2008. Mr. Kendall has represented a variety of criminal defendants who have been charged with « economic offences » such as conspiracy, bribery, mail fraud, remittance fraud and blasphemy in court and on appeal. He has represented numerous clients before state and federal grand juries in government and internal investigations (many of these accounts are fortunately unknown to the public). He represented Bechtel Infrastructure in various criminal and civil investigations related to the « Big Dig » in Boston.
Rankings in General Commercial Litigation (2007-2018) and Media and Entertainment Law (2004-2016) in Chambers USA: America`s Leading Lawyers for Business Grievance Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2010-2013; Chair 2014-2015 Recognized as one of the best lawyers in the United States for more than 25 years He is the author ® of several articles on constitutional, media and criminal law, and has taught constitutional law and media courses as an associate professor at Columbia Law School and Georgetown University Law Center. He was a member of the five-member ABA Working Group that drafted the ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Fair Trial and Free Press, published in 1991. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. David is an entrepreneur specializing in commercial transactions and general corporate and business law. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, securities and credit financing, and has worked with clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 multinationals. Mr. Kendall has been with Williams & Connolly since 1978 and was a partner from 1981 to 2014, continuing to act as the firm`s lead counsel. He has litigated a variety of civil and criminal cases at the trial and appeal level and has conducted jury trials in the District of Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama and Minnesota. He has appeared in trial courts in 23 states and has appealed to six federal courts of appeals, seven state supreme courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
David Kendall is highlighted in the 2014 edition of The Legal 500 for his « diverse practice » in which he « represents clients across the country, from Maryland to Minnesota. » David has worked on public and private M&A transactions and regularly represents buyers and sellers. He represents borrowers, financial institutions and other lenders in a variety of credit finance transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, asset-based credit facilities, venture credit transactions and convertible promissory notes. David has assisted issuers, underwriters and investors in issuing, selling or buying securities in public and private transactions, including venture capital financing. Many clients seek David`s General Counsel in connection with the operation of their business, including with respect to employee, customer, supplier and other relationships. David regularly advises directors and officers on their fiduciary duties and advises on strategic business decisions. Courageous lawyers have THE IDEAL COMBINATION OF TECHNICAL LEGAL KNOWLEDGE AND BUSINESS ACUMEN. At Bold Legal, no one works FOR any of their colleagues; we all work WITH our colleagues. « Washington, D.C. Bet-The-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year, » The Best Lawyers in America ®, 2015 Mr.
Kendall has represented lawyers and law firms in professional liability matters. He represented a number of clients during the savings and lending crisis of the 1980s and early 1990s, including accountants, lawyers and S&L executives, in civil, criminal and administrative proceedings. He began to represent the president and the woman. Clinton in November 1993, in a supposedly minor savings and loan case involving Whitewater Development Company, Inc. He has represented the Clintons on a variety of issues, including independent counsel, Senate, House of Representatives, FDIC, RTC, and Bar investigations, civil trials, and the 1998-99 impeachment, and currently represents them in various civil cases.
