Todd E. Rinner

Bar Admissions

• Arizona
• Illinois (inactive)
• New Mexico

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Arizona
• Supreme Court of Illinois
• Supreme Court of New Mexico
• United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• United States District Court, District of Arizona
• United States District Court, District of New Mexico
• United States District Court, Western District of Texas

Education

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago (LL.M.)
• John Marshall Law School, Chicago (J.D.)
  • Executive Lead Articles Editor, The John Marshall Law School Review of Intellectual Property Law
  • Intellectual Property Law Association, President
• Washington University in St. Louis (B.S., Mechanical Engineering)

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2020-2025), Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2023-2025)
• Southwest Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Product Liability-Personal Injury Defense (2012-2017)
• Benchmark Litigation, Future Star (2009-2010)
• 40 Under Forty Honoree, New Mexico Business Weekly (2009)

Representative Experience

• First-chair jury trial defense of a major vehicle manufacturer against Arizona consumer fraud claim premised on factual allegations similar to those underlying BMW v. Gore
• First-chair jury trial defense of a foreign vehicle manufacturer in a window entrapment product liability personal injury case in New Mexico federal court
• Trial counsel defense of a U.S. automobile manufacturer in an alleged airbag design defect product liability case in Texas
• Jury trial defense of an international farm and heavy equipment manufacturer in product liability personal injury litigation in New Mexico
• Defense of an ATV manufacturer in an alleged design defect product liability case arising out of an off-road rollover accident in New Mexico
• Defense of a health technology company offering health and safety products and services for older adults in negligence/wrongful death personal injury litigation in New Mexico
• Trial counsel defense of an industrial equipment rental company in wrongful death litigation in Missouri

Previous Professional Experience

• Rodey Dickason Sloan Akin & Robb, P.A., Director (2012-2018)
• Rodey Dickason Sloan Akin & Robb, P.A., Associate (2005-2012)
• University of New Mexico School of Law, Intellectual Property Moot Court, Adjunct Professor (2007-2008)
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Judicial Extern to the Honorable James F. Holderman (2004)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Defense Research Institute

Community Involvement

• Junior Achievement of Arizona
  • Board Member, Southern Arizona District (2022)

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “Protecting Minor Improvements on Core Patents: Complementing Traditional Patent Protection with Strategic Disclosure,” Author, 2 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 398 (2003)