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ATTORNEYS - Patrick A. Guida

Practice Areas
Patrick has been engaged in private practice providing legal services to institutional banking clients throughout New England for close to three decades. He previously served as in-house counsel for two major banks, where he provided counsel to the corporate lending, real estate lending, asset-based lending, international lending, public finance, precious metals, loan administration and asset liability management divisions.

Work for Clients
Patrick represents institutional lenders and borrowers in matters involving the structuring, documentation, enforcement and workout of various credit facilities, including real estate development and construction loans, asset-based loans, project financings, purchase and credit enhancements of private and public issues bonds, letters of credit and other international trade finance facilities. He frequently handles syndicated credit facilities for lead and agent bank lenders. He also represents major real estate developers in their project development, permitting, borrowing and leasing transactions.

Patrick has authored articles on "Secured Loans to Health Care Providers" and "Secured Financing of Government Contractors" appearing in the Review of Banking and Financial Services published by Standard & Poor's.

Education
Patrick is a graduate of Union College, cum laude, and Case Western Reserve where he was the Editor of the Case Western Reserve Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Ohio.

Professional Activities
On an annual basis, Patrick serves as chair and a principal speaker for both the American Law Institute American Bar Association course of study on Commercial Lending and the Rhode Island Bar Association course of study on Commercial and Real Estate Lending. He was recently elected to the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, which signifies recognition of significant contributions to the field of commercial finance law over the years, as well as high stature within the profession.

Patrick received the Martindale Hubbell rating AV, the highest rating given to attorneys. He is a Fellow of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Rhode Island Bar Association. He has been included in New England Super Lawyers, and Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers and was appointed to the Rhode Island State Advisory committee on Civil Rights where he served for two years.

He has also been involved in leadership positions in numerous civic and volunteer pursuits, particularly in the area of education. He currently serves as vice-chair of the Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education and as chair of the Barrington School Committee, where he been active for more than ten years. He is the former president of the Rhode Island Association of School Committees. He was recently elected President-Elect of the National Association of State Boards of Education for 2012 and will proceed to become President commencing in January of 2013. He has been active as the chair its Governmental Affairs Committee, the entity responsible for developing federal policy recommendations and communicating with Congress and federal officials about the education reform priorities of state boards of education.

pguida@duffysweeney.com