 Joe Kendall
3232 McKinney Avenue
Suite 700
Dallas, Texas 75204
Judge Joe Kendall was a Federal Judge in Dallas from 1992 to 2002, appointed by President George Herbert Walker Bush. Prior to that he spent 5-1/2 years as a State District Court Judge in Dallas. He was a trial lawyer in the Career Criminal Division of the Dallas County District Attorney’s office. After leaving the District Attorney’s office he was a trial lawyer representing plaintiffs and defendants in private practice. He now manages the Dallas office of Provost Umphrey, L.L.P.
Joe Kendall is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Texas as well as the United States District Court in Washington, DC, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has a business degree from Southern Methodist University (1977) and a law degree from Baylor University (1980). The focuses of his practice are complex commercial litigation and federal criminal defense and appeals. His practice is national in scope and he takes cases all over the country. He is frequently retained as local counsel in all federal courts throughout Texas.
As a practicing lawyer, Joe Kendall has personally tried over 100 jury trials to judgment. In his judicial career he has presided over approximately 500 jury trials, including complex commercial litigation, securities, antitrust, Qui Tam (whistleblower), medical malpractice, products liability, patent infringement, environmental (CERCLA), class action, white collar and assorted criminal and Federal Multi District litigation cases. He has been involved in one capacity or another in the disposition of over 11,000 cases, including numerous non-jury trials and assorted hearings of various types. He has spent his entire career in the courtroom in one position or another.
Joe Kendall has taught in programs presented by the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C. beginning in the mid 90's. Kendall has taught new federal judges at the Federal Judicial Center Orientation Programs and has taught over approximately 1/4 of the federal district judges in the United States. He has taught at workshops for the federal judges of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, federal prosecutors from all over the country at their training center in South Carolina, lawyers of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer’s and United States Probation Officers around the country. He has taught at national meetings of the Federal Bar Association from Florida to California. He has been a speaker at Advanced Institutes presented annually by the State Bar of Texas. He has been a faculty member of the Texas Center for the Judiciary, the education entity that teaches Texas State Judges.
Joe Kendall was a Commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C. from 1999 until 2002, having been recommended by then Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and appointed by President Bill Clinton. While on the Commission he worked on a number of issues, including Corporate Governance and Compliance issues as related to the Sentencing Commission’s response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
While a Federal Judge Joe Kendall was editor of In Camera, the newsletter of the Federal Judges Association. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Judges Association. As a judge, he authored in excess of 250 judicial opinions.
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Securities
- Intellectual Property Disputes
- White Collar Crime
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas,
1980
- Southern Methodist University,
1977
- In Camera (Editor), Federal Judges Association
- Sharju Ltd. Partnership v. Choice Hotels International, Inc.,
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- BKS Properties v. Shumate, 271 B.R. 794
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- Kennedy v. Barnhart,
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- Loosier v. Anderson,
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- Gibson v. Atlantic Southeast Airlines,
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- Methodist Hospitals v. Prudential Healthcare,
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- McMillon v. Fleming,
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- United States v. Morris, 176 F. Supp.2d 668
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- Smith v. Tarrant County,
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- Wilkerson v. Wells Fargo Bank,
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- Martinez v. 291st Judicial District Court,
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- Ventura Vera v. Estrada,
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- Patt v. Sweetheart Cup Co.,
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- Ross v. Massanari,
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- Cunningham v. Gibson,
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- Ramirez v. Cornet Enterprises, Inc.,
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- Collins v. Merck-Medco Prescription Services of Texas, LLC,
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- Cunningham v. Bienfang,
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- Transamerica Equipment Financial Services Corp. v. Amwest Surety Insurance Co.,
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- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Bachani,
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- Rogers v. Paquet,
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- PriceWaterhouse Coopers, LLP v. Litzler,
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- Washington International v. Industry Insurance Co.,
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- Estep v. Dallas County,
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- Seppy v. City of Irving,
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- Friday v. Halter,
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- Rodriguez v. Snider,
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- Kisiel v. RAS Securities Corp.,
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- Compana, L.L.C. v. Agile Software Corp.,
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- Guan v. Harrington,
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- Management Insights, Inc. v. APG, Inc.,
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- Zurich Automobile Insurance Co. v. Boyes,
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- Dalfort Aerospace, Inc. v. Airline Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
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- Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, Ltd v. St. Paul Guardian Insurance Co., 145 F. Supp. 2d 794
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- Hooks v. Hilite Industries,
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- Weinberg v. Silber, 140 F. Supp.2d 712
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- Johnson v. City of Dallas, 141 F. Supp.2d 645
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- Rose v. Digital Convergence Communications, Inc.,
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- Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. C&C Helicopter Sales, Inc.,
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- Johnson v. Dillard Department Stores, Inc.,
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- Bank One Arizona, N.A. v. Wilton Partners Hurst, et al,
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- Williams v. GTE,
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- Harrison v. GMC,
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- Alfaro v. Leather Center, Inc.,
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- Transamerica Equipment Financial Services Corp. v. Amwest Surety Insurance Co.,
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- Hines v. AC & S, Inc.,
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- Chambless v. Travelers Lloyds of Texas Insurance Co.,
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- Mayfield-George v. Texas Rehabilitation Commission,
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- Southwest Materials Handling Co. v. Nissan Motor Co.,
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- Foster v. Simpson,
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- Fina Technologies, Inc. v. Ewen,
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- Vation v. Gainey Transportation Services,
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- Hulett v. City of Dallas,
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- Doherty v. Center for Assisted Reproduction, P.A., 108 F. Supp.2d 672
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- Aegis v. Shared Medical Systems Corp.,
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- Payne v. Powers,
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- Clear Entertainment, L.L.C. v. KPMG, L.L.P.,
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- Searcy v. Texas Universal Health Plan, Inc.,
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- Smith v. Nine West Group, Inc.,
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- Jones v. Prime, Inc.,
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- Sentry Insurance Co. v. Greenleaf Software, Inc.,
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- Poindexter v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
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- Whitworth v. TNT Bestway Transportation, Inc.,
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- Media Farm, Inc. v. eToll, Inc.,
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- Martin v. United States Postal Service,
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- Taylor v. Underwood,
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- Harrison v. City of Dallas,
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- Kondos Employee Health Care Plan v. First Integrated Health, Inc.,
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- Jones v. Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., 81 F. Supp.2d 688
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- Sims v. Ware,
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- United States v. Hughes, 71 F. Supp.2d 605
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- American Airlines, Inc. v. Allied Pilots Association, 53 F. Supp.2d 909
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- Barrett v. Clarendon National Insurance Co.,
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- Heritage Worldwide, Inc. v. World Color Press, Inc.,
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- Seawright v. Charter Furniture Rental, Inc., 39 F. Supp.2d 795
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- Lockhart v. AT&T,
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- Golman-Hayden Co. v. Fresh Source Produce, 27 F. Supp.2d 723
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- Mayes v. LIN TV,
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- Gossom v. J.O.S., Inc.,
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- Morse v. Escobedo,
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- Richardson v. Apfel, 9 F. Supp.2d 666
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- Myers v. Top Tobacco Co., L.P.,
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- Colbert v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 995 F. Supp. 697
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- ARA Automobile Group v. Central Garage,
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- Hanafy v. United States, 991 F. Supp. 794
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- SBC Communications. v. Federal Communications Commission, 981 F. Supp. 996
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- Gonzales v. Johnson, 994 F. Supp. 759
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- Dippin' Dots v. Mosey,
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- Waste Control Specialists v. United States Department of Energy,
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- In re Future Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation,
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- Venable v. Keever,
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- Richie v. American Council on Gift Annuities, 943 F. Supp. 685
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- Joseph N. Main P.C. v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.,
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- United States v. Grant, 933 F. Supp. 610
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- Calmes v. United States, 926 F. Supp. 582
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- Roberts v. Dayton Hudson Corp., 914 F. Supp. 1421
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- McDaniel v. Southern Pacific Transportation, 932 F. Supp. 163
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- Burnett Plaza Associates v. NCNB Texas National Bank,
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- Holdbrook v. California Federal Bank, 905 F. Supp. 367
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- Nelson v. Reddy, 898 F. Supp. 409
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- Maxus Energy Corp. v. United States, 898 F. Supp. 399
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- DSC Communications Corp. v. DGI Technologies, 898 F. Supp. 1183
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- Trinity Industries v. United Steelworkers, 891 F. Supp. 342
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- Bluebonnet Savings Bank v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 891 F. Supp. 332
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- McCratic v. Bristol-Myers Squibb & Co.,
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- Finlan v. City of Dallas, 888 F. Supp. 779
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- Ozee v. American Council on Gift Annuities, 888 F. Supp. 1318
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- Dallas Fire Fighters Association v. City of Dallas, 885 F. Supp. 915
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- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Texas Commerce Bancshares, 878 F. Supp. 939
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- Thornton v. Micrografx, 878 F. Supp. 931
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- Scott v. City of Dallas, 876 F. Supp. 852
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- Johnson v. J.C. Penney Co., 876 F. Supp. 135
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- Black v. Callahan, 876 F. Supp. 131
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- Clark v. Collins, 870 F. Supp. 132
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- Figari & Davenport, L.L.P. v. Continental Casualty Co., 864 F. Supp. 11
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- Federal Judicial Center Orientation Programs
- Faculty Member, Texas Center for the Judiciary
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines , Federal Bar Association, U.S. Probation Officers and Federal Prosecutors
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- State Bar Association
- Dallas County Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- United States Sentencing Commission in Washingon, D.C, Commissioner,
1999
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2002
- United States Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C, , Federal District Court Judge,
1992
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2002
- State District Court, Dallas, State District Court Judge,
1987
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1992
- Kendall & Woodall,
1983
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1986
- Dallas County District Attorney's Office,
1980
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1982
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