John RaoNational Consumer Law Center, Inc.
Attorney
Boston MA 02110-1245

John Rao is a senior attorney with the National Consumer Law Center, Inc. focusing on consumer credit, mortgage servicing, and bankruptcy issues.  Mr. Rao has served as a panelist and instructor at numerous bankruptcy and consumer law conferences, has served as an expert witness in court cases, and has testified in Congress on consumer matters.  Mr. Rao is a contributing author and editor of NCLC's Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice; and a co-author of NCLC’s Mortgage Servicing and Loan Modifications, and Home Foreclosures.  He is also a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy and the Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide.  

Mr. Rao served as a member of the federal Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules from 2006 to 2012, appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts. He served as Commissioner on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission of Consumer Bankruptcy, from 2017 to 2019. He is a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, member of the editorial board of Collier on Bankruptcy, board member of the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, and former board member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the American Bankruptcy Institute. In 2017, Mr. Rao received the Excellence in Education Award from the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.