Overview
Elizabeth Rodd focuses her practice on high-stakes commercial litigation and government investigations. She represents clients in a broad range of civil and criminal proceedings, including contract disputes, business torts, the federal securities laws, and white-collar criminal matters at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts across the country.
Elizabeth is experienced in all phases of litigation in state and federal courts, as well as in domestic arbitration, including pre-filing investigation and case assessment, fact and expert discovery, legal research, motion practice, trial preparation, trial and appeals. She vigorously has defended clients in investigations from regulatory and criminal enforcement agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Securities Exchange Commission, and the Office of the Inspector General. Elizabeth also has an active pro bono practice, including conducting an independent investigation of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at a veterans’ home.
While in law school, Elizabeth was a judicial intern for the Hon. Judith G. Dein in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was also the executive comments editor for the Boston College Law Review and admitted to the Order of the Coif.
Credentials
Education
Boston College Law School, JD, magna cum laude, 2015
Tufts University, BA, magna cum laude, 2010
Courts/Agencies
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Admissions
Massachusetts
New York