October 30, 2026 | 1 minute read

DALLAS – Julie Melton Partain, a partner in Bracewell’s Dallas office, has been elected a Fellow of The American College of Bond Counsel (ACBC).

Partain focuses on public debt offerings and business transactions involving cities, counties, school districts, universities, economic development corporations and water districts. She serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and disclosure counsel in financing transactions for public entities of all types.

Partain joins seven other Bracewell lawyers who are ACBC fellows, bringing the firm’s total to eight:

  • Robert R. Collins III
  • Cristy C. Edwards
  • Jonathan K. Frels
  • Jonathan C. Leatherberry
  • W. Glenn Opel
  • Victoria Ozimek
  • Barron F. Wallace

Opel is a past ACBC president and currently serves on the ACBC board of directors.

Formed in 1995, the ACBC is a national organization that recognizes lawyers who have distinguished themselves among their peers for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of bond law.