Rudy Rodríguez, Jr. is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc., a national leader in dining and entertainment. The Company operates a system of over 235 Dave & Buster’s and Main Event locations in 43 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, and India.

At Dave & Buster’s, Rudy is responsible for corporate governance, board and committee support, SEC reporting and compliance. He leads the Legal and Compliance functions, which provide legal services, including transactional support, litigation management, real estate support, employment counsel, and regulatory compliance. He also oversees the Risk Management team, directing business insurance, safety, and loss prevention programs; and Business Licensing, ensuring compliance with all licensing requirements.

A graduate of Texas A&M University and Harvard Law School, before joining Dave & Buster’s Rudy was Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer of CEC Entertainment, LLC, which is the company behind the Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza dining and family entertainment brands, from 2014 to 2023. He previously practiced commercial and employment litigation at several Dallas law firms, as well as in the legal departments of American Airlines and J.C. Penney Corporation, and he was General Counsel of American Eagle Airlines from 2000 to 2003.

He is Immediate Past President of the Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, a member of the American Law Institute, serves on the boards of directors of the Dallas Zoological Society, the Texas Trees Foundation, and the Denton High School Family Assistance Foundation, and is active in several other community and professional organizations. Rudy has been recognized twice as Outstanding General Counsel for a Small Legal Department, first by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Texas Lawbook in their 2020 Dallas/Fort Worth Corporate Counsel Awards, and again in 2022 with a Magna Stella Award presented by the Texas General Counsel Forum.

Rudy lives in Dallas with his wife, Stacy, who is an Executive Assistant City Attorney for the City of Dallas; and they have two grown children, Grace and Jimmy.