John Roddy
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Boston, MA 02110
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John Roddy
John's practice is devoted to representing consumers in class actions challenging unfair and deceptive business practices, and serving as relators' counsel in qui tam “whistleblower” actions. Since 1998 his practice has obtained more than $700 million in restitution and debt forgiveness for consumers victimized by predatory business practices, and as such John has been recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer. For the past fourteen years he has co-chaired the Practising Law Institute's Annual Institute on Consumer Financial Services Litigation, held in New York and Chicago. At the end of 2011, John, with his law partner Elizabeth Ryan, left Roddy, Klein & Ryan, the Boston class action firm, to accept a partnership at Bailey & Glasser and open its Boston office.
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts, 1980
Government Experience
Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, 1980-1985
Legislative Counsel to the Attorney General, 1986-1987
Memberships and Affiliations
Fellow, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
National Association of Consumer Advocates
Appleseed Foundation, Advisory Board
National Consumer Law Center, Partners' Council
Consumer Financial Services Law Report, Board of Advisors
Volunteer Lawyers Project
Publications
John regularly writes and speaks on class action practice and consumer financial services law, and has published dozens of articles on these topics. Below is a representative sampling of his work.
“The Evolution of Arbitration” in Consumer Financial Services Institute (Practising Law Institute, Feb., 2010);
“Fallout From The Subprime Mortgage Crisis” U.S. Bankruptcy Court Foreclosure Mediation Symposium, June 2009);
“Foreclosure Avoidance Strategies” Suffolk University Law School, Center for Advanced Legal Studies, May 2008);
"A Brief History of Refund Anticipation Loan Litigation " in Consumer Financial Services Litigation Institute (Practising Law Institute, Mar., 2006);
"The Crossroads of Privacy and Credit: Class Liability Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act" in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practising Law Institute, Apr., 2001);
"Measuring Liability for the Sale of Ancillary Products: Credit Insurance" in Banking and Consumer Financial Services Summit (Fulcrum Information Services, Nov., 1999);
“Deconstructing TILA” 14 Review of Banking and Financial Services 87 (May, 1998);
“Developments in Residential Mortgage Litigation,” 13 Review of Banking and Financial Services 83 (Apr., 1997);
Contributor, "Truth in Lending", National Consumer Law Center (3d. Ed. 1995);
“The Tin Men: Predatory Lending,” National Institute of Municipal Law Enforcement Officials, 1991, (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 1992);
“State Unfair and Deceptive Practices Laws,” ABA National Teleconference on Consumer Law, 1986 (co-authored with former Massachusetts Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti).
Select Class Action and Qui Tam Settlements
Hall v. Capital One Auto Finance, Case No. 1:08cv1181 (N.D. Ohio) ($37 million settlement on behalf of state-wide class of car owners sent allegedly flawed repossession notices);
Cooley v. F.N.B Corporation, et al., Case No. 10010 (Lawrence County, PA Court of Common Pleas) ($14 million settlement on behalf of state-wide class of car owners allegedly deprived of post-repossession disclosures);
United States ex rel. Constance Conrad v. Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 02–11738–RZW (D. Mass.)($24.5 million paid to settle civil portion of qui tam claims that Forest sold unapproved thyroid drug);
Conrad v. Schwarz Pharma Inc., Civil Action No. 02–11738–NG (D. Mass.) ($22 million settlement resolving qui tam allegations that Schwarz and others submitted false quarterly reports to the government related to a pair of drugs);
Curry v. Fairbanks Capital Corporation, Case No. 03-10875-DPW (D. Mass.) ($55 million settlement on behalf of nationwide class of borrowers subject to predatory loan servicing practices);
In re Household Lending Litigation, Case No. C 02-1240 CW (N.D. Cal.) ($172 million settlement on behalf of nationwide class of home mortgage borrowers injured by predatory mortgage lending practices);
Cummins v. H & R Block, Inc., et al., Case No. 03-C-134 (Kanawha County, West Virginia) ($5.8 million settlement on behalf of state-wide class of Ohio consumers who obtained H&R Block tax refund anticipation loans);
Stein, Stafford v. Schering-Plough Corp., Case No. 01-11923-MLW (D. Mass.) ($56 million paid to settle civil portion of qui tam claims that Schering-Plough marketed drugs off-label for uses that had not been approved by the Food & Drug Administration);
Malacky v. Huntington National Bank, Case No. CV 03 491420 (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) ($15 million settlement in favor of state-wide class of car owners sent flawed repossession notices);
United States ex rel. Constance Conrad v. Eon Labs, Inc., Civil Action No. 02–11738–NG (D. Mass) ($3.48 million qui tam settlement resolving claims that Eon misrepresented the Medicaid eligibility of its oral nitroglycerin products);
Clague v. FirstMerit Bank, Case No. 03 CVF 27720 (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) ($18 million settlement on behalf of state-wide class of car owners subject to flawed repossession practices).
Lowe v. Ford Motor Credit, Case No. 99 CVF 15806 (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) ($22 million settlement on behalf of state-wide class of car owners subject to flawed repossession practices);
Mazola v. The May Department Stores Company, Civil No. 97-10872-NG (D. Mass.) ($25 million class action settlement in favor of nationwide class of bankruptcy debtors);
Fisher v. General Electric Capital Corp., et al., Case No. 97 C 3065 (N.D. Ill.) [MDL No. 1192] ($60 million class action settlement in favor of nationwide class of bankruptcy debtors);
Conley v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, CA No. 97-11149-PBS (D. Mass.) and Brioso, et al v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, 97-1222-CJK (D. Mass.) [MDL No. 1185] ($171 million class action settlement in favor of nationwide class of bankruptcy debtors).
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. District Court for Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
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University of Massachusetts
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