Kendall grew up in LaGrange, Georgia, and graduated with honors from LaGrange High School in 1989, after serving his senior class as president. He was awarded a full scholarship throughout his matriculation at the University of Georgia. Kendall earned a degree in Corporate Finance from UGA. Among a host of UGA honors, Kendall says one of his most treasured honor was being elected president of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.

A recipient of the Calloway Scholarship, Kendall is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and is licensed to practice in both Alabama and Georgia. He participates in numerous legal and community organizations, including a task force charged with reconfiguring Alabama's method of rendering legal services to the State's underprivileged population. Kendall is a charter member of the 100 Black Men of Birmingham.  Kendall serves on the Board of Directors for First Tuskegee Bank and Child Protect.

Before coming to work at Beasley Allen, Kendall worked in the litigation section of a prominent defense firm for two and a half years. At Beasley Allen, he practices in the areas of Product Liability, General Personal Injury, and Workers' Compensation cases involving defective industrial machinery. Kendall has worked on numerous cases aimed at compensating clients for human losses and influencing corporations to manufacture safer products. Kendall was a member of the trial team that prosecuted a wrongful death case against a corporate defendant resulting in a $2.5 million verdict, the largest jury verdict in Selma, Alabama. The suit also influenced the corporate defendant to outfit its entire fleet of trucks with audible backup alarms.  More recently, Kendall handled the bus accident case in Huntsville, Alabama, that resulted in the death of four students and numerous injuries.  The suit resulted in the cancellation of the contract between the County and the defendant who was responsible for safely transporting students to school.

Kendall has served as the president of both the Alabama Lawyers Association and the Capital City Bar Association.  He recently completed a term as a Board Member for the National Bar Association.  He served on the Board of the Montgomery County Bar Association until he was elected to the Executive Committee.  Kendall will serve as the President of the Montgomery County Bar Association from 2011 to 2012.

With the belief that "to whom much is given, much is required," Kendall regularly speaks at continuing legal education seminars on the topics of product liability, industrial accidents and defective machinery.  He also takes time from the busy practice of law to speak to high school and grade school students about the law, importance of attending college, and ways that they can begin now to achieve success in the future. 

Kendall is married to Attorney Samarria Munnerlyn Dunson, Assistant General Counsel for the Alabama Department of Public Health.  The Dunsons worship at both First Baptist Church and Holy Spirit Catholic Church.