Current Employment Position(s)

Principal

Lawyer Overview

Chris Rhody is a founding member of McKenzie Rhody & Hearn, LLC. His entire legal career has involved construction defect litigation. He got his start defending some of the country’s largest home builders. However, since 1998, Chris has concentrated on representing homeowners and HOAs in construction defect lawsuits.

Mr. Rhody is a past board member of the Southern Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI). In addition, he continues to be actively involved in both the Rocky Mountain and Southern Colorado Chapters of CAI.

Chris has also spoken throughout Colorado and written numerous articles on construction defect issues affecting homeowners and HOAs. In addition, he was lead counsel for the firm’s precedent-setting Supreme Court victory in Eagle Ridge, and for the firm’s Court of Appeals victories in Gray Hawk and Provence. Following the Supreme Court’s Eagle Ridge decision, Chris was quoted extensively in the Rocky Mountain News concerning the importance of that victory for protecting homeowners’ rights.

Mr. Rhody received his BA from Georgetown University in 1989, and his JD from the University of San Francisco in 1992.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Defects (Representing Homeowners and HOAs)
• Product Liability - Defective Construction Products and Materials
• Expansive Soils and Other Geologic Hazards (Representing Homeowners and HOAs)
• Civil Trial Practice (Representing Homeowners and HOAs)
• Civil Appellate Practice - Colorado Court of Appeal & Supreme Court of Colorado
• Class Actions (Representing Homeowners)
• Insurance Bad Faith

Representative Cases

• Eagle Ridge Condominium Ass'n v. Metropolitan Builders, Inc., 98 P.3d 915 (Colorado Court of Appeals 2004)

West Practice Categories

Housing & Construction Defects, Bad Faith, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Residential Real Estate

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1998
• California, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Community Associations Institute - Southern Colorado Chapter, 2002 - 2004 (Board Member)
• Community Associations Institute - Rocky Mountian Chapter, 1998 - Present (Member)
• Community Associations Institute - Southern Colorado Chapter, 1998 - Present (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Construction Defect Seminars, CAI Southern Colorado Chapter Law Day 2001, 2002, 2004
• Consturction Defect Seminars, CAI Rocky Mountian Chapter Fall Conference (numerous)
• Construction Defect Claims in Colorado, Lorman Education Services, January 10, 2007

Education

• University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1992
  J.D.
  Honors: American Jurisprudence - Award Legal Writing & Research
• Georgetown University, Washingotn, D.C., 1989
  B.A.

Published Works

• Defining "Substantial Completion" in Construction Defect Actions, The Colorado Lawyer, October, 1998
• Amending the Declaration to Remove an Arbitration Provision, CAI Southern Colorado Chapter Newsletter/CAI Rocky Mountian Chapter Newsletter, December 2005/January 2006
• The "Turnover Release" - Avoiding Treacherous Waters, CAI Southern Colorado Chapter Newsletter/CAI Rocky Mountian Chapter Newsletter, February 2006/April 2006

Address

10457 Park Meadows Drive
Building #2, Suite 101
Lonetree, CO 80124

Phones

(303) 561-4750

Faxes

(303) 561-4754

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mrhllc.com