Rod Harrel

Rod joined Beins, Axelrod & Keating as Of Counsel in 2019. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy (B.S. Space Physics, 1990) and the George Mason University (Scalia Law School, J.D. summa cum laude, 2017), where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the George Mason Law Review. His law-review-published Comment on the Contract Clause of the Constitution was cited in Professor James W. Ely Jr.’s seminal book on that clause in 2016, and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in 2020.

Rod served in the Air Force for 22 years, flying Pacific Theater Airlift as a C-130 Instructor Pilot and then flying sensitive, worldwide, high-altitude reconnaissance missions as a U-2 Pilot. He started flying the Boeing 737 for a major U.S. carrier after leaving active duty in 2000, retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Air Force Reserve in 2012, and still flies as a 737 Captain. Rod finished 2nd in his law school class of 150+ while working full time as an airline pilot.

Since affiliating with Beins, Axelrod & Keating, Rod has served as an adjunct professor at the Scalia[JPK1] Law School and lead counsel for an Army veteran before the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He is an accredited[JPK2] ___ He also briefed, argued, and won the eponymous[JPK3] case Harrell v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. He has been second chair in a federal court jury trial, worked on other collective/class actions on behalf of plaintiffs, and for unions in labor-management relations disputes.

Rod lives with his wife, Andrea Delisi, who is also an attorney, in Washington DC. He is an avid recreational sailor and snow boarder, and, despite growing up a Houston Astros fan, is now a committed Nats fan.