Kendal Fletcher

Kendal Fletcher is an associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's Silicon Valley office.

Areas of Practice

Kendal is part of Sheppard Mullin’s nationally recognized team representing clients in some of the most high-profile trust and estate conflicts in the country. She is an experienced litigator and has spent the past twelve years representing individuals, families, professional fiduciaries, trustees, beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators, creditors, corporations, non-profit organizations, conservators, and guardians in a wide range of matters at the both the superior court and appellate court level. Her experience includes matters involving elder abuse, trust and will contests, breach of fiduciary duty claims, disputed accountings, property ownership disputes, and contested conservatorships. Although based in Silicon Valley, she has litigated matters in courts throughout the State of California and on the East Coast.

Kendal is active in the Bay Area legal community and is a member of the San Francisco County Bar Association, Silicon Valley Bar Association, and San Mateo Bar Association, for which she serves as Co-Chair of the Probate Section. She has been consistently recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer and was named as a Best Lawyer in America in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Honors

Northern California Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2024

Top Women Attorneys in North California Rising Stars – 2020-2021

Women in the Law – Best Lawyers – 2022

Best Lawyer in America, Best Lawyers, 2022-2025

Northern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2018, 2020-2022

Media Mentions

Speaking Engagements

• Attorneys’ Fees Shifting in Probate – Co-Presenter, San Francisco County Bar Association (February 2022); Marin County Bar Association (March 2022)
• Your Tab is Still Open: Successfully Prosecuting a Creditor’s Claim When Decedent Fails to Settle Up – Co-Presenter, Beverly Hills Bar Association (May 2022); San Mateo County Bar Association (May 2022)

Memberships

• Chair Pro Tem – San Mateo County Bar Association, Estate Planning Section
• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco