Rhodes, Kevin

Kevin Rhodes is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Affairs Officer and Secretary, overseeing legal, compliance, government affairs and global security matters for 3M. He leads a global Legal Affairs team that helps guide business opportunities, address enterprise risks, protect intellectual property, shape policy, and strengthen compliance and security. 

Rhodes has spent more than 20 years with 3M, most recently as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, including leading ongoing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic to combat fraud, counterfeiting, and price gouging of N95 respirators. He previously led the company’s litigation function, and served for more than ten years as chief intellectual property counsel.

Rhodes is a registered patent attorney and has served as President of the Intellectual Property Owner’s Association and the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel, as well as Chair of the Steering Committee of the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform. Prior to joining 3M in 2001, Rhodes was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University; and his B.A. from Grinnell College.