John Roddy

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.