His wife, Melissa, grew up in Gwinnett County, graduated from The Marist School in Atlanta, and earned her bachelor's degree from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana.

[citation needed] Hodges was instrumental in the 2002 prosecution of Sidney Dorsey, a former DeKalb County Sheriff who ordered the assassination of his successor, Derwin Brown.

[5][6] Ultimately, Dorsey was found guilty on eleven counts, including murder and racketeering, and was sentenced to a term of life without parole.

[14] Rafuse Hill & Hodges had a national litigation practice focusing on employment, civil rights, product liability, and commercial disputes.

Hodges was selected for the honor because of "his contributions to the advancement of diversity, including his prior service as District Attorney for the Dougherty Judicial Circuit, hiring as his chief assistant the African American prosecutor who later became his successor.

During his three terms, Hodges had one of the most proportionately diverse offices in the state and, in many instances, helped his minority assistants move on to become federal prosecutors or secure positions in private practice.

[16] As district attorney, he requested a search of a physician's phone records, against the physician—who questioned certain billing practices at the local hospital Phoebe Putney.

[19] In an ongoing action in the Dougherty County Superior Court (where Hodges was DA), the plaintiff claimed that Hodges was appointed improperly as the receiver of an apartment complex called Gardens on Whispering Pines, and also acted improperly because he had previously served as attorney facilitating the sale of the real estate in question.