On December 15, 2006, Governor-Elect Eliot Spitzer announced he would nominate Patricia Smith to serve as the Commissioner of the Department of Labor.  Ms. Smith was the Assistant Attorney General in-charge of the Labor Bureau a positions she had held since 1999. She served at the Labor Bureau for 12 years, first as Prevailing Wage Section Chief and then as Deputy Bureau Chief. From 1979 to 1987, Ms. Smith served as a Litigation Director at the Legal Services Organization in Indiana. From 1977 to 1979, she was a Staff Attorney for Connecticut Legal Services. She graduated from Trinity College in Washington D.C. in 1974 and the New York University School of Law 1977.

As Commissioner of Department of Labor, Ms. Smith's salary will be $127,000. The Senate received her nomination on January 25, 2007 and she was confirmed on March 6, 2007.

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