DAVID M. RHODUS
Mr. Rhodus, the firm’s founder and principal attorney, is a skilled and versatile business and litigation attorney with over 38 years of legal experience in both large law firms and corporate in-house law departments. His lengthy professional career includes serving as vice-president & general counsel for Aaron Rents, preceded by his participation as a co-owner, vice-president & general counsel of a successful start-up business in Atlanta. Before moving to Atlanta, Mr. Rhodus was a partner and trial attorney with large law firms in Kansas City.
From 1999-2005, Mr. Rhodus was vice president & general counsel of Aaron Rents, Inc. at its Atlanta, Georgia headquarters. As the chief legal officer for the company, he led a full-service legal department, providing management with legal services and advice for all aspects of the company’s business, including corporate law, acquisitions, commercial transactions, litigation, franchising, employment law, real estate and intellectual property. From 1998-1999, Mr. Rhodus was a senior in-house corporate attorney with Alumax, Inc., a Fortune 500 aluminum manufacturing and products company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Rhodus moved to Atlanta in 1993 to join in the ownership and operation of Atlantax Systems, Inc., a tax compliance service bureau specializing in national telecommunication and hospitality taxes, where he served as vice-president & general counsel.
Before moving to Atlanta, Mr. Rhodus had an extensive career as a partner with the Kansas City law firms of Morris & Larson (1974-1988) and Craft, Fridkin & Rhyne (1988-1993), with a practice emphasis in the trial and appeal of complex business matters, medical malpractice defense, and personal injury defense. His legal career began in 1972 with the Pittsburg, Kansas law firm of Wheeler & Mitchelson.
Mr. Rhodus obtained his undergraduate degree in business administration (B.S., 1970) and his law degree (J.D., 1972) from the University of Kansas. After graduating from law school, Mr. Rhodus also served in the United States Air Force (Captain, obligated reserve).
Mr. Rhodus is admitted to practice in Georgia, Kansas and Missouri (inactive). He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the North Fulton Bar Association and Johns Creek United Methodist Church.