- Jeffrey L. Rhodes
Jeffrey L. Rhodes, Managing Partner – Civil Division:
Jeffrey Rhodes is an accomplished civil litigator, and a leading business and employment lawyer. In his over 10 years of practice, Mr. Rhodes has litigated in courts around the country – with more trials under his belt than most lawyers have in their careers. Admitted in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., he advises companies and executives, representing them in the structuring, drafting, and defending of their corporate transactions to help accomplish their business goals. He is also very active in arbitration and mediation, as appropriate.
Mr. Rhodes has litigated an unusually large number of jury and bench trials. While most of his work has been on the defense side, where he has effectively defended multimillion dollar claims, he also has obtained a multimillion dollar verdict on the plaintiff side and fights for clients on both sides of the aisle. Mr. Rhodes has litigated civil cases in the state and federal courts in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C., as well as courts in Massachusetts, Ohio, and California. In arguing before the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr. Rhodes had the privilege of presenting argument to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, sitting by designation. Jeff Rhodes currently concentrates his practice in employment law, business law, and civil litigation.
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Education:
Washington & Lee University School of Law, JD, Cum Laude (1999);
George Washington University, BA, English Literature, Summa Cum Laude (1996).
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Honors:
“Legal Elite” by Virginia Business magazine (2009)
“Rising Star” by Virginia Super Lawyers (2009).
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Classes Taught to Other Lawyers:
Business Law Best Practices: Arlington County Bar Association — March 12, 2009.
Northern Virginia Circuit Court Comparative Jurisdiction CLE: — Joint program between the Fairfax Bar Association, the Arlington County Bar Association, the Alexandria Bar Association, and the Prince William County Bar Association — May 8, 2009.
Electronically Stored Information: Computer Data Issues in Litigation: Arlington County Bar Association — September 18, 2008.
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Publications:
“6th Circuit: Changes in Relationship to Subsidiary Did Not Interfere with Pension Rights,” SHRM Court Report, March 29, 2010;
”The Civil Peace Order: An Effective Tool to Stop Harassment of Your Client,” The Advocate, Maryland State Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Section, Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2008;
”Changes by Obama Will Reshape Labor Law,” Virginia Lawyers Weekly, November 17, 2008;
“Expedited Review of Temporary Injunctions,” Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 22, No. 16, September 24, 2007;
“Responding to Job Reference Requests,” Atlantic Coast In-House, January 2007;
“Keeping Up With Non-compete Law in Virginia,” Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 21, No. 16 (Sep. 25, 2006);
Virginia Wage and Hour Handbook, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2005.
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Reported Cases:
Allen F. Johnson & Associates, LLC v. Port Security International, LLC, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9761 (E.D. Va. Feb. 5, 2009);
Rizkalla v. Engineering Management & Integration, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96055 (E.D. Va. 2006), aff’d, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 7103 (4th Cir. 2007);
United Government Security Officers of America, Int’l Union v. Special Operations Group, 436 F. Supp. 2d 790 (E.D. Va. 2006);
Haddad v. IT Industries, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41705, 2006 WL 2435560 (N.D. Ind. 2006);
Venugopal v. Shire Lab., 334 F. Supp. 2d 835 (D. Md. 2004), aff’d, 134 Fed. Appx. 827 (4th Cir. 2005);
Jacoby v. NLRB, 233 F.3d 611 (D.C. Cir. 2000);
State Buildings& Constr. Trades Council v. Cuyahoga County Bd. of Comm’rs, 2001 WL 1152900 (Ohio App. 2001).
