Kendyl Barnholtz

Associate

Overview

Kendyl Barnholtz is an associate in Crowell’s Litigation and Transportation groups, where she supports all stages of litigation and represents clients across a variety of industries.

Before joining Crowell, Kendyl gained valuable experience externing at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, serving as a law clerk at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, and externing for the Honorable R. Gary Klausner in the Central District of California.  

While earning her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Kendyl served as the chief note and comment editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. She received her B.A. in political science from UCLA.

Career & Education

    • LMU Loyola Law School, J.D., 2024
      Chief Note and Comment Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 2023–2024
    • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2019
    • LMU Loyola Law School, J.D., 2024
      Chief Note and Comment Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 2023–2024
    • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2019
    • California
    • California

Kendyl's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.19.26

Bad Match, Big Consequences: Supreme Court Holds Freight Brokers Accountable for Negligent Carrier Selection

According to the U.S. Supreme Court, freight brokers are the transportation industry’s “matchmakers, connecting sellers of goods to the carriers who move them.” Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, No. 24-1238, slip op. at 1 (U.S. May 14, 2026). Those matchmakers now potentially face liability when they make a bad match....

Kendyl's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.19.26

Bad Match, Big Consequences: Supreme Court Holds Freight Brokers Accountable for Negligent Carrier Selection

According to the U.S. Supreme Court, freight brokers are the transportation industry’s “matchmakers, connecting sellers of goods to the carriers who move them.” Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, No. 24-1238, slip op. at 1 (U.S. May 14, 2026). Those matchmakers now potentially face liability when they make a bad match....