Kendall Godley

Kendall Godley is an associate at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, where his practice focuses on corporate transactional law, including mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and general corporate matters. He was previously a legal extern at Rubicon Law and, most recently, at Arrow Electronics. Earlier in his career, he worked as a government contract recruiter for Aerotek and co-founded a business specializing in contract negotiation and formation.

Kendall received his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and his MBA and B.S. from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. During law school, he was a student attorney at the Community Economic Development Clinic, as well as a summer associate at Davis Graham, drafting documents for commercial real estate transactions and researching SEC filings, among other responsibilities. In addition, he served as an associate editor for the Denver Law Review and as a Colorado Pledge to Diversity alumni-student mentor. After completing his undergraduate program, which had an emphasis on marketing, Kendall played professional basketball against other professional clubs in Salerno, Italy.

Kendall is a member of the board of directors of Denver Kids, a Denver-based 501(c)(3) supporting students at Denver Public Schools in their pursuit of secondary education. He currently serves as a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Kendall had previously served as a member of the board of directors of the Colorado Springs Black Chamber of Commerce.

Publication

• John A. Elofson & Kendall Godley, “SEC/SRO Update: Major Accounting Firm to Pay $100 Million Penalty for Exam Cheating; The SEC Brings its First Regulation BI Action,” Wall Street Lawyer (October 2022)