Joe Rodgers

Joe Rodgers is senior vice president, Ethics and Compliance at Eaton, a global intelligent power management company.

In this role, Joe is responsible for leading Eaton’s ethics and compliance programs and strategies.

Prior to his current role, Joe served as vice president and chief counsel, Litigation, and also led the Legal Operations and Administration Center of Excellence at Eaton. Prior to that, he served as senior attorney, Litigation, from 2013 to 2015 and counsel, Litigation, from 2015 to 2018. Joe has led the E-Discovery, Outside Counsel, and Cost-Out Teams, the latter of which was created to identify and drive efficiencies across the legal function.

Prior to joining Eaton, Joe spent 15 years at the Cleveland-based law firm, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP (now Squire Patton Boggs LLP), where he served as principal in the firm’s litigation practice group. His practice at Squire focused primarily on shareholder and other complex commercial litigation. Joe also litigated cases involving mergers and acquisitions, contracts, unfair competition and trade practices, and antitrust.

Joe received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and awarded the Galpin Prize for General Excellence in College Work. Joe received a Juris Doctor degree from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where he graduated with honors. While in law school, Joe completed externships with Chief Judge Ann Aldrich (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio) and Judge Karen Nelson Moore (United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit).

Joe is a member of the Ohio Bar, participates in the Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program, and is active in the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.