Mr. Rhea has an extensive criminal law background. He worked as an associate in one of Los Angeles’ top criminal defense firms; he prosecuted a large and diverse case load as an Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C. and in the United States Virgin Islands; and as a private practitioner since the early 1980’s, he has represented scores of criminal defendants charged with offenses ranging from first degree murder to sophisticated business and tax crimes.
In recent years, Mr. Rhea represented the chief financial officer of a prominent business partnership in a prosecution brought by the Criminal Tax Division of the Justice Department; a major commercial business in a tax prosecution brought by the Criminal Tax Division of the Justice Department; a prominent doctor prosecuted by Federal authorities for illegally prescribing controlled substances; and a territorial Senator prosecuted by the Virgin Islands Office of the Attorney General.