University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law,
J.D., 1973
Drury University,
B.A., cum laude, 1969
Illinois
Missouri
University of Illinois President's Council
University of Illinois-Chicago Chancellor's Committee
University of Missouri Law School Foundation
Board of Trustees
University of Missouri Law Society
University of Missouri Jefferson Club
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner, 2007-Present
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal
Partner, 2002-2007
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner, 1985-2002
Elmhurst College
Board of Trustees
Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago
Donors Circle Council
Chicago River North Dance Company
Board of Trustees
University of Illinois Medical Advancement Council
President
Rhonda is a finance attorney who leads complex, large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients across the country.
Her practice includes project financing for a broad range of public and private purposes, such as tax increment financing and other real estate development initiatives, public and private partnerships, and state and local government and nonprofit projects for transportation, education, public safety, stadiums and other governmental purposes.
Co-Author, “The Hancock Amendment” Chapter in 1987 Missouri Bar CLE Taxation Law and Practice;
52 U.M.K.C.491, 1981
City of Lafayette’s State Action Test Reformulated: A Meaningful Standard of Antitrust Immunity for Cities;
Arizona State Law Journal, 1980
“The King is Dead; Long Live the King-Sovereign Immunity in Missouri”;
Missouri Municipal Review, January, 1978
Comment – Documents as Evidence in Missouri;
38 Mo. L. Rev. 475, 1973
Rhonda Thomas listed in Crain’s Chicago Business among ‘Most Influential Women Lawyers in Chicago’
Rhonda Thomas to receive the University of Missouri School of Law Citation of Merit Award
NAWBO Chicago honors Rhonda Thomas as 'Woman of Achievement'
More than 50 attorneys named to 2012 Missouri Bar Pro Bono Hall of Fame
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