Rhodes served 10 years at the Richland County Public Defender’s Office, where he tried dozens of cases to a jury verdict and rose to the position of Chief Litigator. He practiced at the civil defense firm of Grier, Cox and Cranshaw, LLC, and later joined McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates, P.A., where he helped people injured by the negligence or wrongdoing of others. Rhodes is a member of the South Carolina Bar. He served on the S.C. Bar Judicial Qualifications Committee and the S.C. Bar House of Delegates.
He is a frequent lecturer at S.C. Bar conferences and Continuing Legal Education programs on the topics of trial practice, evidence, and courtroom strategy. Rhodes is licensed to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He is a graduate of the College of Charleston (2003) and the University of South Carolina School of Law (2007), where he received the Trial Clinic’s Professionalism Award. He served on the faculty of Keystone College, where he taught criminal justice, constitutional rights, and the history of policing practices.
Rhodes is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Gills Creek Watershed Association, Historic Columbia, and the Columbia League of Women Voters. He is married to Erin and has two children. In his spare time, Rhodes plays guitar and pedal steel with multiple musical acts, including Whiskey Tango Revue, based in Columbia.
