Drunk-driving attorney a total blast to party with

Akron, Ohio – Clients of local defense attorney Jarrod R. Kendall told reporters Saturday that in addition to being one of Akron’s busiest and most well-known DUI defense lawyers, the 44-year-old bachelor is also a total blast to hang out and party with outside the courtroom.

“I’ve partied with Jarrod on and off since we got to know each other in 2002 – when he represented me on my third impaired driving [charge],” said Curt Stefan, a night deejay at the local gentleman’s club Daffodils. “He comes in to the club at least two or three nights a week and lays out a couple hundred bucks on dances and drinks. We usually end up closing the place down and partying at my place right up until he has to be in court the next morning to keep one of his clients from getting their [driver’s] license cut up. The guy knows how to have a good time, that’s for sure.”

After pausing briefly and quietly laughing to himself, Stefan added: “It’s pretty funny to think that one of my worst influences is also my DUI lawyer.”

Having specialized in DUI-related law since opening his practice in 1992, Jarrod has built his business and reputation around happily defending the kind of clients who might otherwise have trouble finding legal representation.

“I consulted other attorneys who said they would have taken my DUI [case] if I hadn’t also gotten nailed for possession with intent [to distribute] at the same time,” said Jeremy Buckler, a new client of Kendall’s. “I guess those lawyers didn’t want to have anything to do with a suspected drug dealer. Jarrod, on the other hand, was immediately interested in working with me – especially after I told him about the dope charge. He’s so cool he’s even letting me barter for services so I won’t go broke trying to pay him. I doubt there are many lawyers out there who will accept an eight-ball as a retainer.”

Despite having had only one week to prepare for their case – a process that included several intense, late-night consultations at Hooters – Buckler said that not only does he have great confidence in Kendall as a legal advisor, he is also enjoying the comfort of being represented by an experienced DUI attorney who shares many of Buckler’s views, values and hobbies.

“Jarrod told me that he’s actually gotten popped for drunk-driving like five times,” Buckler noted. “To me, the fact that he’s still behind the wheel instead of behind bars speaks volumes about his legal skills. And besides, the last person I’d want in my corner on a DUI is some straight-laced, buttoned-down square of a lawyer who’s never even gotten a parking ticket let alone evaded and eluded police at four in the morning before blowing twice the legal [blood-alcohol level] limit. That’s what’s so cool about Jarrod: he’s been there. He knows what it’s like.

“And he can shotgun a can of beer in under eleven seconds,” Buckler added.

Like most of Kendall’s clients, Buckler is astonished by Kendall’s uncanny ability to balance such a wild private life with his high-pressure legal career.

“It’s hard to believe a hardcore partier like Jarrod can even hold down a job, let alone be one of the most sought-after attorneys in town,” said Buckler, who was briefly hospitalized for alcohol poisoning following a consultation with Kendall Wednesday night. “It’s a rare breed of human who can drink and party every night of the week and still be sharp enough the next morning to talk a judge out of locking up his client. He’ll go from partying like a Hell’s Angel on acid to being a smart, uncompromising legal eagle in a matter of hours. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him someday make judge.”