1944
Born in Buffalo, New York to Paul Hazen and Martha Atlee Bushnell.
1966
Marries Suzanne Bushnell.
1966
Receives a Bachelor of Arts in history from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
1969
Receives a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Georgetown University.
1969
Becomes an attorney for the Department of Water Resources in Sacramento, California.
1970
Admitted to practice in the state of California.
1971
Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
1971
Becomes partner at Bushnell, Caplan Fielding in San Francisco, California.
1973
Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
1980
Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States.
1984
Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
1998
Becomes board-certified in civil trial law with the California State Bar National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.
2012
Becomes partner at Bushnell & Caplan.
2016
Becomes an attorney and owner of the Law Offices of Roderick P. Bushnell.