From left, Philip Kelly, Richard Kendall, Alan Weil, Laura Brill and Bert Deixler
familiarity of a large firm for a common vision to bring together a team of highly
motivated attorneys in a more compact, more efficient law firm.
Today, that team successfully handles a wide range of complex litigation matters ranging
from financing distribution arrangements to international deals gone south, white
collar defense experience, internal investigations and more. In terms of clients
few boutique firms in California can say they have half as much diversity, Kendall
Brill has or is representing clients including Paramount Pictures, Greenpeace, an
Arizona prisoner, composer Hans Zimmer, NBCUniversal and the ex-wife of Dick Wolf,
creator of the television series Law & Order.
To service the firm's wide variety of clients, Kendall Brill has amassed more than
15 attorneys with a diverse set of skills. Three partners have argued cases before
the U.S. Supreme Court, three served as assistant U.S. attorneys and collectively
have handled more than 100 trials, both criminal and civil.
"We really have an extraordinary selection of lawyers with deep and broad experience,"
said co-founder Richard Kendall. "The clients we represent and the kind of matters
those clients give us which are the kind of matters normally handled by 20 firms."
The founders of Kendall Brill also have deep roots in several different fields. Laura
Brill has secured precedent-setting victories in cases before state and federal courts
and was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Phillip Kelly
represents high-profile clients that include Paramount Pictures and NBCUniversal.
He represents Viacom and Viacom Media Networks in lawsuits related to music composer
Hans Zimmer and others in a copyright infringement action concerning the film "12
Years a Slave." Meanwhile, Richard Kendall's litigation experience spans more than
three decades. He has tried more than 30 cases in federal and state courts, and a
score of appeals, including two arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Last year the firm won a contract dispute case involving the heirs of the creator
of "Hawaii Five-0" after a drawn out battle involving fiduciary duty claims, a bench
trial followed by a jury and two rounds of appellate proceedings. In the end, Kendall
Brill made a case that appealed to the jury and judge. During the same time and in
a separate case, the firm obtained a total defense victory for Paramount Pictures
after a two-week bench trial in a complex commercial dispute involving entertainment
and securities law.
Besides their other practices, Kendall Brill serve the public. The firm is serving
as pro bono counsel for a prisoner challenging the Arizona Department of Correction
for the systematic racial segregation of prisoners using inmate housing. Two of the
firm's attorneys serve on boards of legal services organization in Los Angeles while
one has served for several years on the board of Public Counsel. Kendall has worked
closely with the National Resources Defense Council in numerous environmental cases,
including cases that have gone before the U.S. Supreme Court.
- RYAN VAN VELZER
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