Patricia Smitson

Trish is the Partner-in-Charge of the Cincinnati office of Thompson Hine and is a member of the firm's Commercial & Public Finance group. She previously served as a member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Trish has substantial experience in handling corporate financing transactions, including tax-exempt and taxable bond issuances, asset securitizations, commercial paper conduit warehousing facilities and line of credit borrowings. She has also represented parties in connection with letters of credit and interest rate protection products.

Trish has significant experience in the student loan industry and has represented state, regional and national student loan secondary markets and loan originators. She has counseled clients on matters relating to the federally guaranteed student loan program and private consumer loans. She has also counseled student loan authorities in connection with conversions from tax-exempt status to for profit status, including making an election under Section 150(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, acting as independent counsel to the board of directors and working on issues relating to the post-conversion sale of stock of for-profit subsidiaries.