Roma assists counsel, courts and companies with the development and implementation of complex claims settlement programs. Serving in the roles of a claims administrator and a Settlement Master, she provides subject-matter guidance on effective and efficient program implementation, internal controls, and fraud prevention and detection.
Currently Roma manages the implementation of the national opioid settlements. In that role, she coordinates with settling states and subdivisions to make payments under the various national opioid settlements. Roma also implements settlements to resolve opioids litigation brought by tribes and tribal health organizations.
Additionally, she oversees the implementation of all aspects of the NFL Concussion Settlement Program. The terms of the Program provide a wide range of benefits to retired NFL players, and Roma works with the Special Masters, Parties, and law firms representing the Players to ensure compliance with all requirements.
Finally, Roma assists the Court and the Parties in managing data through the MDL Centrality platform in the largest MDL in U.S. History, In Re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2885.
In 2012, Roma relocated to New Orleans, LA, to oversee the setup, hiring, training, and staffing of 18 offices throughout the Gulf region and a review center in New Orleans to review claims and assist claimants affected by the oil spill in the Court Supervised Deepwater Horizon Settlement. The Program, opened in June 2012, has issued awards totaling more than $12 billion with regard to more than 178,000 claims. The overseeing Court noted that this was one of the largest class action settlements ever, and our achievement reflects the unprecedented, tremendous 8-year long effort, and that as of January 2021, the Claims Process is complete.
Roma began her career at BrownGreer in 2001. Having received a Bachelor of Jurisprudence in International, European Union and Comparative Law from the International University of Concordia Audentes, she left the firm to earn her Juris Doctor degree from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond and graduated in the top 5% of her class. Roma’s education also includes a semester spent at American University, Washington College of Law, as a visiting scholar in the International Legal Studies Master of Law program. Her focus in this program was on direct investment international regulatory regimes.
