Spring 2002 - The University of Texas at Austin

Ed Klein was elected the district
attorney for the 145th Judicial District
of Texas, which is comprised of Nacogdoches
County, and took office on Jan.
1, 2001, for a four-year term. After graduating
in 1996, Klein served as an
assistant district attorney with the
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
and the Nacogdoches County District
Attorney’s Office.
Kris M. Koziol recently obtained his
master’s in business administration from
the Darden School at the University of
Virginia. Koziol spent the summer making
an overland trek from Istanbul to Cairo
and has now settled in Houston. He is an
associate for Reliant Resources, Inc.
Greg W. LePage has joined the law
firm of Wells, Anderson & Race, LLC, in
Denver as an associate.
After serving as vice president, general
counsel and secretary of Ashford.com,
Inc., a publicly traded, Internet-based
retailer of luxury goods, Ryan Maierson
has become associated with Baker
Botts, L.L.P., in Houston, where he practices
corporate and securities law.
Maierson and his wife Meredith have a
son, Eli, 1.
Jason Panzer has joined the law office
of Knisely & Prehoditch, P.C., in Austin as
associate.
Christopher W. Peterson, formerly
with West, Webb, Allbritton, Gentry &
Rife, P.C., has joined the firm of Meece &
Associates in Bryan, Texas. Peterson and
his wife, Debbie, also celebrated the birth
of their second child, Caleb Allen.
Steven M. Reback recently announced
the opening of his law office in Austin.
Lisa Traylor Silvestri has joined
the law firm of Gable and Gotwals in
Tulsa, Okla.
Kristan Tucker has joined the law
firm of Banashek & Talkington in
Boulder, Colo. Tucker will focus her
practice on criminal defense. Before
joining the firm, Tucker was a Deputy
State Public Defender in the Denver and
Boulder offices. Before that, she worked
as an attorney on the Timothy McVeigh
defense team in the Oklahoma City
bombing trial.
1997
Roberto Anaya-Moreno, formerly
with Baker & McKenzie in Mexico, is
working as general director for SECO-
DAM, the Mexican Ministry of the
Federal Comptroller and Administrative
Development.
Amber Anderson has been elected
to the State Democratic Executive Committee
as the new committeewoman
from Senate District 12. Amber has also
been active with the Texas Trial Lawyers
Association (TTLA), serving her
second year as an advocate board
member, second year on the Nominating
Committee of the Advocate Board,
and first year on the Nominating Committee
of the TTLA Board.
Alex Berger married Amber Blaha at
George Washington’s River Farm in
Alexandria, Virginia on May 5, 2002. Alex
is an associate with Howrey, Simon,
Arnold & White, LLP in Washington, D.C.
Amber is an attorney at Steptoe &
Johnson in Washington, D.C. and graduated
from the University of Virginia
School of Law in 1998.
Christopher Fisher announced that
after four years at Jones Day in Cleveland,
Ohio, he has opened his own practice in
Independence, Ohio, concentrating on
family law.
Boyd S. Hoekel
and Shelly E.
Mullins joined the
law firm of Shook,
Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Hoekel works with
the Houston office, Mullins in Kansas City.
Trent A. Howell, an associate with the
Albuquerque, N.M., law firm of Gilkey &
Stephenson, P.A., was named Outstanding
Young Lawyer of the Year.
John Lowrie has become associate of
Ford & Harrison, L.L.P. Lowrie was an
associate with Holme Roberts & Owen. He
has represented employers in all types of
employment litigation in state and federal
courts and before administrative agen-
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