George H. Kendall is a senior counsel in the New York office of Holland & Knight. He works exclusively on the community services team that devotes all of its attention to pro bono matters.
Mr. Kendall was a Staff Attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Eleventh Circuit Capital Litigation Project in Atlanta, Georgia, and later joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., in New York. In the Legal Defense Fund he handled capital cases at trial, on appeal, and in state and federal post-conviction proceedings, and regularly consulted with attorneys throughout the country who represent capital defendants. He monitored all capital, habeas, and race litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States. Additionally, he monitored Congress's efforts to amend the federal habeas corpus statute, and coordinated a nationwide effort to assist attorneys representing prisoners in habeas corpus proceedings, and its review of numerous other criminal justice matters.
Mr. Kendall was the editor of a newsletter, Race Notes, which identified new and imaginative arguments and strategies that citizens can use to lessen the influence of racial bias in the criminal justice system. He has also taught courses on criminal justice issues at Yale Law School, Florida State University College of Law and St. John's School of Law.
Mr. Kendall often appeared as a panelist or keynote speaker at capital litigation seminars held throughout the country.