Hendon is a former
federal prosecutor in the
Southern District of New York. In 2000, she received the
United States Attorney General's
John Marshall Award, the highest award given by the
Department of Justice for excellence at trial. In 2011, she received media coverage for her appeals to the jury to send her client, Winifred Jiau, who was accused of revealing insider information, "home to her dog". She was described as playing "the dog card". From 2012 to 2014, she represented a former
Dell Inc. employee accused of leaking confidential information to securities analysts, relating to the United States government's prosecution in
United States v. Newman, et al., 773 F.3d 438 (2d Cir. Dec. 10, 2014),
cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 242 (2015). She is a former adjunct professor of law at
Fordham University School of Law. In April 2018 she was retained to represent United States President
Donald Trump. She was scheduled to speak at a Yale colloquium honoring
Marvin Chirelstein on April 19. ==See also==