John Rao, Attorney

John Rao is an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center, Inc.  John focuses on consumer credit and bankruptcy issues and has served as a panelist and instructor at numerous bankruptcy and consumer law trainings and conferences.  He has served as an expert witness in court cases and has testified in Congress on consumer matters.  John serves as a member of the federal Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts in 2006.  He is a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, secretary for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and former board member for the American Bankruptcy Institute.  He is an adjunct faculty member at Boston College School of Law.

He is editor and contributing author of NCLC's Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice, and co-author of Foreclosures and Bankruptcy Basics.