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title: Arya Rhodes
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# Arya Rhodes

Arya Rhodes is an attorney at *Schimmel & Parks, APLC*, a law firm focusing on employment law, consumer class actions, rehab facility wrongful death, sexual assault and harassment, fires, mass torts, construction defects, and insurance bad-faith litigation. Mr. Rhodes has successfully represented thousands of employees individually and on a class-wide basis in actions arising out of the FEHA and Labor Code. Mr. Rhodes completed his fellowship with the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and he graduated magna cum laude from Southwestern Law School. He can be reached at arhodes@spattorneys.com.

### Articles written by this author:

## [Calculating damages with class](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august/calculating-damages-with-class "Calculating damages with class")

Presenting damages to the mediator in wage-and-hour class actions

[Arya Rhodes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arya-rhodes "Arya Rhodes")

[2019 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august)

## [MICRA and custodial neglect vs. professional negligence](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-april/micra-and-custodial-neglect-vs-professional-negligence "MICRA and custodial neglect vs. professional negligence")

How to avoid MICRA when bringing an elder or dependent-adult abuse case against a healthcare provider

[Arya Rhodes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arya-rhodes "Arya Rhodes")

[2020 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-april)

[![Insurance coverage issues in sexual-abuse cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Parks-Rhodes-istock-157648495_95254a91ea571904a7d57f07e041ab3b.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/insurance-coverage-issues-in-sexual-abuse-cases "Insurance coverage issues in sexual-abuse cases")

## [Insurance coverage issues in sexual-abuse cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/insurance-coverage-issues-in-sexual-abuse-cases "Insurance coverage issues in sexual-abuse cases")

Making the case for separability to unlock insurance coverage

[Alan I. Schimmel](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alan-i-schimmel "Alan I. Schimmel")
[Arya Rhodes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arya-rhodes "Arya Rhodes")
[Michael Parks](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-parks "Michael Parks")

[2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november)

## [Proving retaliatory animus through circumstantial evidence](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january/proving-retaliatory-animus-through-circumstantial-evidence "Proving retaliatory animus through circumstantial evidence")

Methods for establishing an employer’s retaliatory motives through indirect evidence

[Arya Rhodes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arya-rhodes "Arya Rhodes")

[2025 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january)