Kendall Woods

Kendall Woods is a Partner at the law firm, Laurie & Brennan in Chicago where she specializes in representing Construction contractors, subcontractors and construction companies.  Skilled at negotiates construction contracts, advises clients in risk mitigation and dispute resolution strategies, and represents clients in all phases of litigation and dispute resolution proceedings when necessary.  Kendall has extensive experience working with clients on delay and lost productivity disputes, design and construction defect disputes, wrongful termination, insurance coverage issues in the construction industry, and construction injury. 

Kendall works with clients to find creative and cost-effective solutions to resolve their complex legal issues. Kendall believes that the practice of law should always focus on obtaining successful outcomes for her clients, whether that mean the avoidance of disputes or prevailing in litigation. 

In addition to her legal practice, Kendall believes it is important to participate and gain experience in other capacities of the legal field. As a result, she taught upcoming attorneys the skills of legal writing during her four years as an adjunct professor of legal writing at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Kendall also spent one year as a staff attorney for the Illinois Supreme Court and served as a judicial extern for a district judge at the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois.

An author and frequent speaker, Kendall belongs to a number of industry associations.