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About Julie
Julie 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 all types of public entities. Julie also works on financings and debt issuances for special districts, including special legislatively created districts. In addition, she advises clients on their economic development initiatives and incentives for public/private projects.
Julie has worked on and represented clients in expedited declaratory judgment actions in District court in response to legal challenges to clients’ proposed bond issuances or to validate new and innovative financing techniques. Her broad experience also includes master lease financings and general counsel for local government investment pools. Additionally, Julie has worked on various complex projects, including large venue projects for a major sports stadium, hotel and convention center financings, entertainment venue financing and development and the creation and financing of Public Improvement Districts, which includes refinancing and multi-phase assessment projects and financings.
Prior to entering private practice, Julie served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Nathan L. Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Richardson Independent School District — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $192.025 million Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2022 and $116.96 million Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2019
Frenship Independent School District — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $144.275 million Unlimited Tax School Building and Refunding Bonds, Series 2021 and $135.380 million Unlimited Tax School Building and Refunding Bonds, Series 2021A
Canyon Independent School District — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $8.475 million Unlimited Tax Refunding Taxable Bonds, Series 2022
City of Lewisville, Texas — bond counsel, which included annexation and dissolution issues, in a $128 million general obligation refunding bond transaction
Cedar Bayou Navigation District — bond counsel in connection with the issuance of $28.010 million Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Taxable Series 2020
City of Arlington, Texas — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $321.717 million Rangers Ballpark Complex Admissions and Parking Taxes Revenue Bonds Taxable, Series 2020; $266.08 million of Senior Lien Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2018A; $28.25 million of Subordinate Lien Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2018B; $171.095 million of Subordinate Lien Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2018C; $55.87 million of Permanent Improvement Refunding Bonds, Series 2019; $6.77 million of Municipal Drainage Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2019; $26.15 million of Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2019A; and $15.74 million of Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2019B
City of Irving, Texas — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $107.61 million of Combination Tax and Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2017; $40.66 million of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2018; $2.86 million of Tax Notes, Series 2018A; $15.305 million of Waterworks and Sewer System New Lien Revenue Improvement Bonds, Series 2018; $43.195 million of General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2016; and $30.265 million of Waterworks and Sewer System New Lien Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2016
City of Mesquite, Texas — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $10.05 million of Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Iron Horse Public Improvement District Project), Series 2019; $10.065 million of Combination Tax and Limited Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2019; $15.26 million of Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2019; and $7.91 million of Municipal Drainage Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2019
City of Irving, Texas — development and financing of a large entertainment center venue project and convention center hotel project
Viridian Municipal Management District — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $5.48 million of Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2018; $15.08 million of Unlimited Tax Utility Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2018; and $20.305 million of Unlimited Tax Road Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2018
Richardson Independent School District — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $116.96 million of Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2019
City of Grapevine, Texas — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $32.31 million of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2018
City of Dallas, Texas — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $235.595 million of General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2019A
Town of Trophy Club — bond counsel to issuer in connection with more than $26 million of Special Assessment Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015
Publications and Speeches
“A Bottoms-Up Infrastructure Strategy for American Renewal,” International Municipal Lawyers Association Municipal Lawyer, March 2022.