Ryan Kendall

Experience

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  Denver Police Department - City and County of Denver

  Oct 2007 - Nov 2011

  NCIC Agent

  Provided essential administrative and research support to Denver Police Department detectives and command staff. Regulated Denver area pawnshops and assisted detectives in investigations. Maintained Denver Police Department records, particularly of stolen property, vehicles, boats, firearms, and pawned items, in the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s Colorado Crime Information Center (CCIC) database. Maintained FBI-mandated, Level Q security clearance for the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database of the National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (NLETS). Provided consultation to Mayoral aides and other administrators for the reform of the Denver Police Department record management system utilized by Records/ID Bureau. Assisted in drafting certain department-wide personnel policies. عرض أقل

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  Denver GLBT Commission

  May 2008 - May 2010

  Commissioner

  Mayoral appointee and member of the Commission’s Administrative Committee. Facilitated commission business and served as a liaison to city departments, agencies, and officials. Participated in various policy analysis and advocacy activities of the commission.

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  Southern Poverty Law Center

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Law Clerk

  The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.

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  ACLU

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2019

  Litigation Fellow | National Prison Project

  I began my legal career as a Litigation Fellow with the ACLU’s National Prison Project in Washington, D.C. At the ACLU, I helped represent tens of thousands of prisoners in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). My work at the National Prison Project identified a systematic error in ADC’s compliance data, which a federal court relied on to keep in effect part of an agreement holding ADC accountable for decades of inhumane conditions and faulty medical care throughout Arizona prisons.

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  Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

  Oct 2019 - Jan 2023

  As an attorney in LAFLA’s Housing and Communities Workgroup (HoCo), I led litigation to hold landlords accountable for harassing their tenants and seeking to evict them unlawfully during the COVID-19 pandemic. I helped obtain six-figure settlements and attorney fee awards in tenant protection and routine eviction cases. I also worked to preserve pandemic-era tenant protections in Los Angeles from legal challenges by billionaire developers. I designed community trainings and oversaw multiple community-based clinics providing free legal aid to qualifying low-income Los Angeles residents. عرض أقل

  • Staff Attorney | Housing & Communities Workgroup

    Sept 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Staff Attorney | Eviction Defense Center

    Oct 2019 - Sept 2021
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  Southern California

  Feb 2023 - now

  Civil Rights Lawyer

  Ryan’s work seeks to effect meaningful social and legal change that benefits vulnerable, historically marginalized, and low-income communities in Southeast Los Angeles and Orange counties. Ryan works on litigation to hold the City of Huntington Beach accountable for its failure to follow state law, including its failure to plan for enough housing for its low-income residents. Ryan helped obtain mandatory intervention in the California Attorney General’s lawsuit to enforce state housing laws against Huntington Beach. Ryan currently leads litigation challenging Huntington Beach’s library book ban largely targeting LGBTQ+ identities.In addition to his primary cases, Ryan continues to work on a variety of impact cases and other matters benefiting qualifying low-income residents of Orange and Southeast Los Angeles counties. عرض أقل