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Rhonda Thomas

Rhonda Thomas

Partner

Chicago
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INDUSTRIES

PRACTICES

  • Education

    • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law,

      J.D., 1973

    • Drury University,

      B.A., cum laude, 1969

  • Admissions

    • Illinois

    • Missouri

  • Affiliations

    • 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

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 2007-Present

    • Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal

      Partner, 2002-2007

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 1985-2002

  • Community

    • 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.

Publications

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