Mr. Roddy has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts since 1980 and the District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the First Circuit Court of Appeals since 1981. He is a graduate of Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1980) and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976).
Virtually all of Mr. Roddy's practice has involved litigation on behalf of consumers, representing individuals and classes injured by predatory lending, abusive debt collection and other unfair and deceptive business practices.
From 1980 - 1987 Mr. Roddy served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts' Attorney General's Office. From 1980-1985, as an attorney in the Consumer Protection Division, he enforced state and federal consumer protection laws on behalf of affected Massachusetts consumers. From 1986-1987 Mr. Roddy was Legislative Counsel to the Attorney General, in the office's Executive Bureau.
Mr. Roddy has written and spoken extensively on consumer law and specifically on consumer class action litigation:
"Class Actions In Bankruptcy Court: Jurisdiction and Remedial Issues" in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute, April, 2002)
"The Crossroads of Privacy and Credit: Class Liability Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act" in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute, April, 2001).
"Unrefunded Credit Insurance Premiums: A MultiMillion Dollar Constructive Trust" in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute, April, 2000).
"Measuring Liability for the Sale of Ancillary Products: Credit Insurance" in Banking and Consumer Financial Services Summit (Fulcrum Information Services, November, 1999);
“Remedies For Systemic Violations Of The Bankruptcy Discharge” in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute, April, 1999);
“Deconstructing TILA” in Review of Banking and Financial Services 87 (May, 1998);
“Reversing Field: Is There A Trend Toward Abrogating Truth in Lending?” in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute, May, 1998)
“Reaffirmation Abuses: Class Remedies,” in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute, December, 1997);
“Developments in Residential Mortgage Litigation,” in Review of Banking and Financial Services 83 (April, 1997);
“Yield Spread Premium Upselling and Mortgage Payoff Fees,” in Consumer Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute (April, 1997);
Contributor, Consumer Law Pleadings, Volumes 9 (2003); 8 (2002); 5 (1999), 3 (1997) and 1 (1995), National Consumer Law Center (annual compendium of pleadings from significant consumer litigation nationwide);
“Residential Mortgage Litigation,” in Financial Services Litigation (Practicing Law Institute, 1996) (with Daniel A. Edelman);
Contributor, Truth in Lending, National Consumer Law Center (3d. Ed. 1995);
“Truth in Lending Rescission as Foreclosure Defense” in National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference (published materials, National Consumer Law Center, 1994).
For the past six years Mr. Roddy has co-chaired the Practicing Law Institute's bi-coastal conference on consumer credit class action litigation, Consumer Financial Services Litigation, and has conducted trainings for legal services and private attorneys in consumer credit law and litigation, focusing on the Truth in Lending Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Mr. Roddy also wrote the brief of amicus curiae submitted by the National Association of Consumer Advocates ("NACA") in Botelho v. Citicorp, CA No. 96-12279-EFH, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, No. 97-1535, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the amicus curiae brief filed by NACA in a similar Truth in Lending appeal before the United States Supreme Court. Beach v. Great Western Bank, United States Supreme Court, No. 97-5310.