John Roddy
Top rated Class Action & Mass Torts attorney in Boston, Massachusetts
Bailey & Glasser LLP
Practice areas: Class Action & Mass Torts, Consumer Law
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 1980
Education: Boston College Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2025 Bailey & Glasser LLP
101 Arch St8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110 Phone: 617-439-6730 Email: John Roddy Visit website
John is devoted to representing consumers in class actions challenging unfair and deceptive business practices, and serving as relators' counsel in qui tam “whistleblower” actions. He was a Lawyer of the Year in 2020 by Mass Lawyers Weekly for his work spearheading the $143 million Columbia Gas class action settlement. Since 1998 his practice has obtained more than $1 billion in restitution and debt forgiveness for consumers victimized by predatory business practices. For the past twenty-one years he has co-chaired the Practising Law Institute's Annual Institute on Consumer Financial Services Litigation, held in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. John regularly writes and speaks on class action practice and consumer financial services law, and has published dozens of articles on these topics. A representative sampling of his work is set out below.
First Admitted: 1980, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: https://www.baileyglasser.com/lawyers-john-roddy
Bar / Professional Activity
- 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
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- In re: Columbia Gas Cases, Case No. 1877-cv-01343G (Essex Super. Ct., Mass. 2020) - $143 million settlement for class of Merrimack Valley residents and businesses injured by natural gas explosions and fires, 2020
- Williams v. American Honda Finance Corp., Case No. 1:14-CV-12859-LTS (D. Mass.) - $22 million settlement for Massachusetts consumers deprived of post-default rights; obtained consumer friendly First Circuit and SJC decisions on Uber’s arbitration clause, 2019
- Henderson v. BNY Mellon, Case No. 1:15-cv-10599-PBS (D. Mass.) - certified nationwide class, leading to $10.6 million nationwide class settlement on eve of trial, refunding “tax preparation” fees charged by a corporate trustee, 2019
Honors
- John was recognized as a lawyer of the year by Mass Lawyers Weekly for his work spearheading the $143 million Columbia Gas class action settlement., Lawyer of the Year, Mass Lawyers Weekly, 2021
- Fellow, American College of Consumer Financial Service Lawyers. The College is a professional association of lawyers particularly skilled and experienced in handling consumer financial services matters and dedicated to the improvement and enhancement of the skill and practice of consumer financial services law and the ethics of the profession. Membership in the College is by invitation only. and is limited to those lawyers who have achieved preeminence in the field of consumer financial services law and have made repeated and substantial contributions to the promotion of learning and scholarship in consumer financial services law., Fellow, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, 2011
Educational Background
- J.D., cum laude, Boston College Law School, 1980
- B.A., English, magna cum laude, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1976
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- “HomeCorps ~ Federal Court Practice: Representing Homeowners in Economic Distress” (National Consumer Law Center, Jan. 2016); “Food Labeling Litigation” (MBA Consumer Advocacy Symposium, Nov. 2015); “Class Action Settlements: Innovative Approaches to Class Notice, Objector Litigation, and Mediation” (Boston Bar Association, May 2014); “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).
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Rated 10 out 0f 10 by lawyer evaluation site Avvo.com
Office location for John Roddy
101 Arch St
8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2025