Kendall M. Viator

Associate

Dallas
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Overview

Kendall Viator concentrates on commercial litigation and white collar crime as she builds her own growing practice. Thorough and methodical, she utilizes her considerable legal research and writing skills to support her colleagues by drafting motions, memoranda and pleadings.

Notably, Kendall gained valuable experience as a chief counsel and student attorney for the Southern Methodist University Criminal Clinic, where she argued and submitted motions to suppress and negotiated plea deals with prosecutors before a courtroom judge.

Recognitions and Memberships

Prior Positions

  • Southern Methodist University Criminal Clinic
    • Chief Counsel (2021)
    • Student Attorney (2021)
  • BakerHostetler: Summer Associate (2021)
  • U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas: Extern (2020)
  • The Honorable Karen Gren Scholer, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas: Intern (2020)

Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • Texas

Education

  • J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2022, cum laude; International Law Review Association, Articles Editor, Staff Editor
  • B.S., Criminal Justice, Texas Christian University, 2019, summa cum laude