Charles
W. "Rocky" Rhodes
GodwinRonquillo PC Research Professor and Professor of Law
Education:
BBA, Baylor University
JD, Baylor University School of Law
Bio
Charles W. “Rocky” Rhodes is a Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law, where he has taught Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, State Constitutional Law, and Complex Litigation since joining the faculty in 2001. He has authored more than a dozen articles on constitutional and procedural issues, and has been interviewed in well over one hundred media stories, including National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, BBC Radio’s World Business News, National Public Radio’s Day to Day, Bloomberg Radio, and newspapers across the United States, including the Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Houston Chronicle. He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude while on a National Merit Scholarship at Baylor University before enrolling at Baylor Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Baylor Law Review, the President’s Award recipient as the outstanding third-year student, and valedictorian of his graduating law school class. He later served as a briefing attorney for Justice Raul Gonzalez and as a staff attorney for Justice Greg Abbott at the Supreme Court of Texas, practiced appellate law at the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp, and earned his board certification in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Areas of expertise: Constitutional law, federal and state civil procedure, federal courts and jurisdiction, Texas constitutional law, complex litigation, and appellate procedure.
Phone: 713.646.2918
Office: 718T
Email: rrhodes@stcl.edu
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