In 1999, he was also appointed by President Bill Clinton to be a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.
[1] During Kendall's public service, he was editor of In Camera, the national newsletter of the Federal Judges Association, where he was also a member of the Board of Directors.
Sentencing Commission, Kendall worked on many important sentencing issues including guidelines dealing with white collar fraud cases, penalties in drug and immigration cases, internet fraud and pornography guidelines, as well as corporate governance and compliance issues under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Following his resignation from the bench, Kendall managed the Dallas office of Provost Umphrey.
The law firm gained national recognition for its lead against tobacco companies for the State of Texas, producing a $17.3 billion settlement.