Judge Rodgers has served as a Judge in Palm Beach County for 22 years in the Civil, Criminal and Probate Courts. His judicial tenure includes roles as Chief Judge for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit and Administrative Judge in County and Circuit Court. Judge Rodgers has lectured extensively on many topics before lawyers and judges. He has received over fifty public awards and tributes, including the prestigious Jefferson Award in honor of the weekend drug court that he established.

Since retiring from the law in 1995, Judge Rodgers has received other awards and served on special commissions. In Riviera Beach, where he lives and served as city councilman, the U.S. Post Office was renamed for Edward Rodgers in 2004.

Judge Rodgers graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently obtained his Juris Doctorate from Florida A&M University, College of Law.