Wendell's focus is trial work: jury trials, court trials, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. He has been trying cases in Maine for more than 25 years. He has also been admitted as a visiting lawyer in five additional states where his clients have had specific litigation pending.

He has been recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has also been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates, and has been certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has served on the Civil Justice Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court in Maine as well as the governing boards of the Maine State Bar Association and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. He is the President Elect of the Maine State Bar Association for 2005 and will be President in 2006.

For a number of years Wendell has served as lead trial counsel for one of Maine's largest publicly held corporations. His cases include the defense of professional liability claims (medical and non-medical), the defense of product liability claims, the defense of commercial transportation claims, the defense of construction claims, and the prosecution and defense of large exposure personal injury claims.

Wendell has taken an interest in teaching trial advocacy and has attended teacher training through the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He has twice served as visiting faculty for the Winter Trial Advocacy Workshop at the Harvard Law School. He has most recently served as the Co-Director of the Maine College of Trial Advocacy put on by the Maine Trial Lawyers Association.

Wendell is a 1978 graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree, with honors, in 1975 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Outside of work, Wendell has been active in Portland Trails, a non-profit organization which is developing a 30 mile network of walking and biking trails around greater Portland.