After obtaining a Bachelor of Laws at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM for its Spanish acronym) in Santo Domingo, Rodríguez completed three masters: the University of Paris, the Sapienza University of Rome and the National School of Administration in Rome, Italy where he obtained a Masters in Public Administration and Penal Law graduating summa cum laude.
Rodríguez has practiced law for nearly 20 years, has been a professor in the faculties of Dominican Republic for over a decade and also holds a Masters in Spanish, English, French and Italian.
Jean Rodríguez is President of the JAR Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to strengthen the wellbeing of vulnerable groups by age minority, poverty situations, marginality and inequality.
The organisation conducts annual operations favoring children and vulnerable groups, including charitable journeys in empoverished zones.
He served as executive director of the CEI-RD (2012-2016), legal adviser to the Directorate General of Customs (2004–2005), of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) (2004–2009) and of the Tourism Ministry (2004–2006), auxiliar lawyer of the Tax Attorney of the National District (1997), substitute judge and member of the Board of the National District (2010–2012), as well as other public functions.
On August 17, 2012, President Danilo Medina appointed Rodríguez as Executive Director of the Dominican Republic Export & Investment Center (CEI-RD for its initials in Spanish), via the presidential decree number 460-12.
Rodríguez's management style produced a much more transparent entity according to the external evaluations of the National Directorate of Ethics and Government Integrity (DIGEIG).
[12][13] As attorney general, Rodríguez has sought to combat gender-based violence, based on prevention, prosecution, and participation of civil society.
[24] During the first weeks of January 2017, Rodríguez requested the temporary suspension of Odebrecht as a government contractor, a measure that was confirmed by the Office of Contracting and Procurement.
[25] In a 2017 plea agreement, Odebrecht admitting to bribing officials to secure contracts and agreed to pay a $184 million fine.
He is accused of defrauding the Dominican state out of more than RD$6 billion (US$103.4 million dollars) as part of a complex criminal ring whose activities included conspiracy, fraud, bribery, forgery of public documents, identity theft, cybercrime, and money laundering.
[45] Rodriguez’s arrest comes as a result of a public corruption investigation titled Operation Medusa (Spanish: Operación Medusa led by Yeni Berenice Reynoso, prosecutor and director of the Government Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecution organization (Spanish: Procuraduría Especializada de Persecución de la Corrupción (PEPCA)).
[46] Authorities also arrested other former officials in the attorney general’s office under Rodriguez’s tenure, including Miguel José Moya, Javier Alejandro Forteza, Altagracia Guillén Calzado, and Rafael Antonio Mercedes, and raided several properties belonging to the arrested individuals and their relatives, including a residential property owned by Rodriguez’s mother.