Rachel Rodman is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on defending banks, specialty finance companies and other financial services institutions in investigations and enforcement actions by federal and state agencies, supervisory actions and consumer protection civil litigation.
Rachel has significant experience in government investigations and litigation relating to consumer financial products and services. She regularly represents depository institutions, finance companies and other market participants in enforcement and supervisory actions by federal banking regulators; investigations and civil litigation by state attorneys general; and in consumer protection civil litigation, including class actions.
Rachel was previously with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). She served as senior counsel in the CFPB’s Legal Division, representing the agency in trial and appellate courts and advising agency leadership. She also served as an enforcement attorney in the CFPB’s Division of Supervision, Fair Lending and Enforcement, where she led investigations of banks and nonbanks involving overdraft practices, debt collection, mortgage servicing and consumer reporting. Rachel was lead counsel in several of the CFPB’s major settlements with banks and mortgage companies. She was previously with Williams & Connolly LLP.
Rachel received a B.A., summa cum laude, in International Relations from Colgate University, where she was awarded the Harvey Picker Award recognizing the outstanding graduate in International Relations. She received her J.D. from the University of Virginia, where she was a member of the Virginia Law Review.
Rachel is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Rachel Rodman
- Second Circuit Rules CFPB Funding Mechanism Is Constitutional, Deepening Split with Fifth Circuit - (Posted On Thursday, March 30, 2023)
- The Supreme Court Grants Petition to Decide Constitutionality of CFPB Funding - (Posted On Friday, March 03, 2023)
- ECB Board Member Proposes Intensification of Climate-Related Action - (Posted On Friday, February 17, 2023)
- FRB Issues Policy Statement on Permissible Activities of State Member Banks While Denying Uninsured Crypto-focused Bank’s Membership Application - (Posted On Friday, February 03, 2023)
- Federal Reserve Issues Final Rule Implementing LIBOR Act - (Posted On Wednesday, December 21, 2022)
- Senator Wyden Seeks Information from Crypto Exchanges Regarding Their Financial Stability and Customer Protections in the Event of Bankruptcy - (Posted On Thursday, December 01, 2022)
- CFPB Seeks Supreme Court Appeal of Funding Ruling - (Posted On Wednesday, November 23, 2022)
- Disclosure: Financial Institution Advertisement Banned by UK Regulator - (Posted On Friday, October 28, 2022)
- Spring Cleaning: CFPB Dusts Off “Dormant” Authority to Supervise “Risky” Conduct by Nonbanks - (Posted On Wednesday, May 04, 2022)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Agrees to Hear Interlocutory Appeal in CFPB Enforcement Action against Student Loan Trusts - (Posted On Tuesday, May 03, 2022)