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Kendal Mitchell

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Kendal Mitchell is an experienced California commercial litigator who guides her clients through all stages of litigation, from pre-suit investigations through eve-of-trial preparation. For a wide range of clients, Kendal builds ironclad litigation strategies that work toward favorable case outcomes or avoiding costly disputes altogether. She conducts thorough legal research, drafts dispositive and discovery motions, responds to third-party subpoenas, deposes witnesses, and prepares discovery requests and responses. She also has experience handling anti-SLAPP motions. Kendal's legal career began in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where she served as an extern to the Hon. Jeffrey White. Prior to law school, Kendal rowed on UCLA's Division 1 rowing team.

Admitted to Practice

  • California, 2021

Education

  • J.D., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), 2020
    • Senior Notes Editor and Staff Editor, Hastings Law Journal
    • Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
    • Best Brief, Runner-Up, David E. Snodgrass Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2019
    • Best Brief, Legal Research and Writing, 2018
  • B.A., English, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
    • Minor: Global Studies
    • News Staffer, Daily Bruin, 2013-2015

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Bar Association of San Francisco

Background

    • Associate, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San Francisco, 2022-2025
    • Associate, 2021-2022; Law Clerk, 2020 – Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP
    • Judicial Extern, Hon. Jeffrey White, U.S. District Court, North District of California, Oakland, Calif., 2019
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