Roderick "Eric" MacLeish (born October 31, 1952)[1] is a lawyer known for representing hundreds of sexual abuse victims in the Boston area during the Catholic priest sexual abuse scandal[2] while he was a Boston-based partner of Greenberg Traurig, a Miami-based law firm.
MacLeish and his client attempted to have the school name the abuser, former athletic trainer Al Gibbs, and send a letter to alumni.
[7] MacLeish has continued to represent victims of sexual abuse at private schools, camps and other institutions since the St. George's case.
Commencing in 2019, MacLeish began representing victims of domestic violence in restraining order cases without charging a fee.
In January 2002, MacLeish started the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund, the only charity in New England to assist those who had lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks.