Esteban Rodriguez 

Staff Attorney, Development Services

esteban.rodriguez@rhls.org

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Esteban is a Staff Attorney and PLAN Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellow working on the development and preservation of affordable housing and other community development efforts.

Prior to joining RHLS, Esteban was an Assistant City Solicitor in the Philadelphia Law Department’s Labor and Employment Unit, representing the City and its departments in various types of litigation. While in law school, he held an internship with Community Legal Services’ housing unit, worked in the chambers of U.S. Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge as part of Temple’s Federal Judicial Clerkship Honors Program, and served as a staff editor of Temple Law Review. His article on the applicability of state consumer protection law to Philadelphia tenants appears in Temple Law Review Vol. 94.  

Esteban holds a J.D. from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and a B.A. in both Psychology and Brain & Cognitive Sciences from the University of Rochester. Prior to law school, he worked in higher education development for a national top 10 university and in zoo volunteer management.  

Esteban lives in East Germantown with his spouse, two very demanding cats, and one easygoing bearded dragon. Outside of work, you can find him knitting/crocheting, reading something nerdy, or looking up new restaurants to check out.