Rufus is a founding partner of McDaniel Wolff, PLLC and co-leads the firm's tax and corporate law practice. His practice focuses on a wide range of taxation and business law matters, regularly counseling private individuals, emerging technology companies, real estate developers, oil and gas companies, securities firms, and many other types of entrepreneurs whose needs require a creative yet practical approach to their complex legal matters.

He practices primarily in the areas of business and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, tax controversy, estate planning, and probate administration. He also regularly counsels clients on matters concerning employee benefits and executive compensation, with an emphasis on providing counsel to PEOs.

Rufus is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), and has served as an adjunct professor of law at the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, teaching Corporate Income Taxation from 1989 to 1996. He has been actively involved in the PEO industry since 1987, representing numerous PEOs throughout the country. Rufus assists ESAC by reviewing accreditation applications and providing legal assistance to the Board and staff.