Odette Williamson is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center where she promotes sustainable homeownership among low-income Americans, including efforts to prevent foreclosures and curb predatory mortgage lending, and preserve the income and assets of consumers of color. Ms. Williamson directs NCLC’s Racial Justice and Equal Opportunity Project and oversees the Center’s Elder Rights Initiative. She provides testimony and comments to legislative and administrative agencies on matters affecting low-income elderly consumers and consumers of color, and educates hundreds of consumer lawyers, legal services attorneys, and lay advocates each year. Ms. Williamson is the co-author of the National Consumer Law Center’s Mortgage Servicing and Loan Modifications and Home Foreclosures manuals.
Prior to joining NCLC she was an Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General where she concentrated on civil enforcement actions against individuals and businesses for violation of consumer protection and other laws.
