Jacob Dennis Rhein
Jacob Dennis Rhein
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Practice Areas
- Legal Malpractice
- Appeals
Biography
Jacob Dennis Rhein is the sole proprietor of Rhein Law LLC and a founding member of Ney Rhein, LLC, a Georgia law firm focusing on plaintiff's legal malpractice. Rhein primarily represents individuals who have been harmed by the negligence, dishonesty, or incompetence of other attorneys.
Rhein has a reputation among his peers for novel legal argument and fierce loyalty to his clients. These abilities are best demonstrated in his results as a "second lawyer." Rhein routinely spots issues in the law that other lawyers miss, and is able to craft these issues into effective advocacy at trial, in post-judgment proceedings, and on appeal.
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Juris Doctor
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
- Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, Lead Managing Editor
- University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
- M.A.
- Major: Catholic Studies
- University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
- B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Major: Philosophy
Past Positions
- Honorable Patrick J. Schiltz, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Judicial Extern, 2013
- Ney Rhein, LLC, Member, 2019
- Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein, Founding Attorney, 2017
- Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division, Staff Attorney, 2016 to 2017
- City of Atlanta Office of the Public Defender, Assistant Public Defender, 2015 to 2016
Languages
- English
Professional Associations
- Atlanta Bar Association, 2015 to Present
Current Employment Position
- Attorney
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 2015
- Minnesota
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2019
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
Honors
- Bridge Fellow, Southern Center for Human Rights
- Human Rights Fellow, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Criminal Section
Representative Cases
- Doyle v. State, 2020 WL 129480 , 2020, GA Supreme
- Zephaniah v. Georgia Clinic PC, 350 Ga.App. 408, 2019, GA Appeals