Virginia L. Rhodes, Ed.D.

Dr. Rhodes offers keen analysis for consults, court, timely reports of any size or complexity,  & compelling testimony, deposition or court testimony, live or digital.  Rhodes works with both plaintiff and defense attorneys (marked below as P & D), in civil, domestic & criminal courts. Dr. Rhodes provides the court with clarity & insight on school practices, duty & standard of care.  Rhodes serves across the U.S. and provides an initial FREE consult to assist any attorney to establish good fit for their case. 

Rhodes' cases to date have included:

P-2025 Abuse of disabled student by classroom aide. Case in progress
D-2024 Teacher injured in school shooting, consultation, jury trial concluded.
P-2024 Wrongful termination of private school teacher, SWD, case in progress.
P-2024 Bullying in charter school resulting in traumatic brain injury, case in progress.
P-2024 Student injured in school crosswalk, case in progress.

P-2023 Failure to serve, large urban district, in progress

D-2022; Sexual abuse by coach at religious school.

P-2022; Serious permanent injury to high school student, urban district

P-2022; Peer sexual abuse; case in progress

D-2022; Supervision/injury issues in special education class

P-2022; Racial discrimination re discipline patterns.

P- 2021; Sexual abuse, in progress.

P- 2021; Student sexual abuse by staff member, case in progress.

P-2021; Serious permanent injury in classroom, major urban district.

P-Expert witness, 2020, Failure to supervise; NJ elementary school injury. Case in progress.

D-Expert witness, 2020, Elementary sub accused of student injury, testimony, case dismissed after pre-trial video testimony.

P-Expert witness, 2019; Discipline over-reach by administrator, resulting in physical and mental trauma, large public high school. Status: case settled following expert's deposition.

D-Pending, 2019; Neglect of duty in student/personnel safety incident involving chemical release in area of midwestern IL school.

D-Expert witness, 2018 Failure to supervise, resulting in serious student injury; small district middle school. Status: Opinion rendered, case settled, WV.

 P-Expert witness, 2018; Excessive force in K-12 classroom, large public district. Federal court. Status: Deposition completed, case settled. SC.

P-Expert witness, 2018; Discrimination against teacher w/disability in multiple Ohio districts. Federal court. Daubert challenge by defense. Case settled following  judge's denial of summary judgment to exclude expert Rhodes and her testimony, upholding Rhodes' qualifications, OH.

D-Expert witness, 2017; School enrollment dispute re Shared Parenting Agreement, suburban district. Status: Report & deposition completed; case settled July 2018,OH

D-Expert witness, 2017; Elementary school evaluation/placement, minor child with suspected disabilities in small district, OH. Status: settled.

D-Expert witness, 2017; Liability: urban elementary student death en route to school, Chicago area, IL. Status: Report completed, case settled.

P-Expert witness, 2016: U.S., Race/religious discrimination, whistleblower & retaliation issues. Large urban public district, Federal court. Race/religious discrimination against NJ high school teacher. Status: Opinion & report completed, case settled.

P-Expert witness, 2014: U.S. high school liability/supervision; serious permanent injury/disability to student, WV. Status: Opinion rendered, case settled.

P-Expert witness, 2009. Federal court. K-12 class-action equity/ federal entitlement suit for underserved homeless public school population.  Production of data analysis, Status: Report completed, case settled, IL.

+ Brief consults on cases of sexual abuse of students (TX, NY, CT), sexual assault in high school (WV), school evaluation/child custody (CO), special education services (PA).