Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP

KBK attorneys Emma Tehrani and Tia Baheri, serving pro bono with help from Public Counsel, secured a complete habeas victory for a young asylum seeker unlawfully detained by ICE. The asylum seeker, who had been working as a gardener to support his family, was illegally detained after appearing for a routine ICE appointment in full compliance with the conditions of his supervision. Over the course of the case, the federal court ordered his release, required removal of an ankle monitor, and on July 10 entered final judgment in his favor, allowing him to pursue asylum without fear of re-detention absent due process. Read more: https://lnkd.in/garrD24G #ProBono #DueProcess #HabeasCorpus

KBK Partners Robert Dugdale, Janet Levine, and Jeffrey Rutherford have been named to Lawdragon’s inaugural list of the 500 Leading Global Investigations Lawyers. The guide recognizes 500 lawyers around the world who are “called upon to help their client through the harsh glare of public inquiries or trial, in which a cool composure can win the day.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gNRBvYsN #Lawdragon #Investigations #LeadingLawyers

KBK Partners Cassie Palmer and Charles Snyder have been recognized by Los Angeles Business Journal as Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Attorneys. The annual list honors “the very best litigators and trial attorneys in the region” – “lawyers who go to the proverbial mat to fight for their clients.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g5qqq3HB #LABJ #LeadersOfInfluence

As part of the United States Supreme Court’s landmark June 30 decision upholding birthright citizenship, both Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion and the concurring opinion authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson relied extensively on historical sources and analysis provided to the Court in the amicus curiae brief filed by KBK Partner Richard Kendall on behalf of historians Martha S. Jones and Kate Masur. The brief demonstrated, based on the exhaustive historical analysis of the antebellum decades provided by Professors Jones and Masur, that the Fourteenth Amendment was drafted and adopted with the intent that it would apply to all children born in the United States, regardless of their “status, color, heritage, means of entry, or immigration status of their parents.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gRDKJAcB #BirthrightCitizenship #SCOTUS

KBK in the News: KBK Partner Jeff Chemerinsky and Attorney Michael McCarthy co-authored a Law360 byline entitled, “How DOJ Is Approaching Monitorship After Signaling Limits.”   The piece, which breaks down the DOJ's evolving approach to corporate monitorships, states that “these developments suggest that the DOJ will weigh key considerations when deciding whether oversight is necessary under the new policy. For companies, the takeaway is not that monitorships are gone but that there is a pathway to persuading the DOJ that they are not necessary.”   Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gU2NAtuT   #Law360 #DOJ

LA Times Studios has named KBK Partners Nary Kim and Patrick Somers as 2026 Entertainment Business Visionaries. Honorees are recognized as professionals who “exemplify innovation, leadership and a deep commitment to the success of their clients and organizations.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gkmbsznS #LosAngelesTimes #EntertainmentBusinessVisionaries

Daily Journal Corporation has named KBK Partner Cassie Palmer a 2026 Top Women Lawyer. Honorees are recognized as “the women lawyers shaping California’s legal landscape.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gKmBqQMy #DailyJournal #TopWomenLawyer

Lawdragon has named KBK attorneys Daniel Barlava, Amelia Bruckner, David Freenock, Nary Kim, and Michael McCarthy to its 2026 list of “Next Generation” lawyers. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gmxr7JhP #Lawdragon #NextGenerationLawyers

KBK has earned Chambers and Partners’ Leading Firm recognition for its Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations and Media & Entertainment: Litigation practices. Nine attorneys were individually ranked this year: Laura Brill, Jeff Chemerinsky, Bert Deixler, Robert Dugdale, Phil Kelly, Richard Kendall, Nary Kim, Janet Levine, and Jeffrey Rutherford. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gDWJ7EXJ #ChambersUSA #LeadingFirm

KBK Partners Janet Levine and Jeffrey Rutherford have been named to Los Angeles Magazine’s inaugural “Best of L.A. Legal” list for their respective Criminal Defense: White Collar practices. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gxCC8GEm #LAMag #BestOfLALegal