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Criminal Division

The Criminal Division of the County Attorney’s Office is responsible for prosecuting all adult misdemeanor criminal offenses in Williamson County. The Criminal Division prosecutes approximately 11,000 misdemeanor cases per year in three County Courts at Law as well as prosecuting Class C misdemeanors in the four Justice Peace Courts in the County.

 
Criminal Division Staff


 

Laura Gorman

Criminal Courts Division Chief
laura.gorman@wilco.org

Mariel Puryear 
Trial Director 

mariel.puryear@wilco.org
B.A. University of Texas, 2006 
J.D. St. Mary’s University School of Law, 2014
 
Carly Dessauer
Appellate Director
carly.dessauer@wilco.org
B.S. Millsaps College, 2005
M.A. University of Texas, Austin 2007
J.D. St. Mary's University School of Law, 2012
Jason Steans
Mental Health/Specialty Courts Director
jason.steans@wilco.org
B.A. Trinity University, 1995
J.D. University of Texas School of Law, 1998
 
Alli Assiter
Family Violence Director
alli.assiter@wilco.org
B.A. University of Oklahoma, 2010
M.A. American University, 2014
J.D. American University, 2014


Prosecutors

County Court #2:

Joe Register
joe.register@wilco.org
B.S. Texas A&M University, 2008
J.D. William Bowen School of Law, 2016

Carson Walker
carson.walker@wilco.org 
B.S. Texas State University, 2016
J.D. South Texas College of Law, 2020 

James Murphy
james.murphy@wilco.org

B.A. Texas Tech 2017
J.D. University of Texas, 2021

County Court #3:

Holly Rasmussen 
holly.rasmussen@wilco.org

Anthony Stokes
anthony.stokes@wilco.org 
B.S. Brigham Young University, 2015
J.D.  Baylor Law School, 2019

Holden Joseph
Holden.joseph@wilco.org
B.A. Texas State University, 2018
J.D. UNT Dallas School of Law, 2021

County Court #5:

Yvonne Patton
yvonne.patton@wilco.org
B.A. Grambling State University, 1994
J.D. Louisiana State University, 1994

Amanda Rice
amanda.rice@wilco.org
B.A. College of William & Mary
J.D. William & Mary

Sam Lower
samuel.lower@wilco.org
B.A. University of Oklahoma, 2018
J.D. University of Texas School of Law, 2021

Intake Prosecutors:

Brooks Lachowsky

brooks.lachowsky@wilco.org
B.S. Texas A&M University 2019
J.D. South Texas College of Law 2022

Mason Allenger
mason.allenger@wilco.org
B.A. Texas Lutheran University, 2017
J.D. University of Texas 2021


Legal Assistants:

Jessica Schmidt 
Chief Legal Assistant 
jessica.schmidt@wilco.org

Angela Murillo
angela.murilllo@wilco.org
 

Danielle Gilliam 
danielle.gilliam@wilco.org
B.S. Psychology, University of Houston, 2016
Ryleigh Schobey
ryleigh.schobey@wilco.org
 

Grace Neale
grace.neale@wilco.org
B.S. California Lutheran University, 2022

 

Reva Trainor-Collis
reva.trainor-collis@wilco.org
B.S. California State University, Sacramento, 2013
M.A. California State University, Chico, 2017
J.D. Cal Northern School of Law, 2021