Houston-based law firm Vinson & Elkins recently promoted Robert R. Collins 3d to partner in the firms public finance practice.
Collins, who works in the Dallas office, has worked at the firm since 1998 and most recently served as an associate, a spokesman said yesterday.
Collins has served as bond counsel, underwriters counsel, and disclosure counsel in public finance transactions for cities, counties, school districts, economic development corporations, non-profit hospitals, water districts, and special districts whose purpose is providing water and sewer services.
Collins graduated with a J.D. from the Baylor University School of Law in 1995.