Source. Virginia DCIS + CIS, 2025 Methodology Report a correction Last refreshed May 2, 2026
Cases of record · 202556

B Roman appeared as defense counsel of record in 56 Virginia court cases during 2025, drawn from Virginia District and Circuit Court Information Systems.

Court level
100 % District · 0 % Circuit
Primary jurisdiction
Prince William County · 56 cases
Most common charge
Failure to Appear · 11

Across 41 resolved 2025 cases, 51% were dropped — 18 nolle prossed and 3 dismissed.

Case outcomes

Resolved cases — 41 of 56. "Resolved" means a final disposition was reached. Pending cases and probation revocations are excluded.

Convicted of original charge
16
39%
Dropped
21
51%
Nolle prossed
18
Dismissed
3
Reduced to a lesser charge
4
10%
Within charge family
4
Acquitted
0
0%

Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology. Convicted = guilty disposition on originally filed charge. Reduced = guilty disposition with non-empty amended charge. Dropped = nolle prosequi or dismissal. Acquitted = found not guilty at trial.

Plea vs trial

Of 20 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, how many pled and how many went to trial.

Pled guilty
20100%
Resolved by guilty plea — no trial.
Went to trial
00%
0 acquittals · 0 convictions at trial.

Top charge — Failure to Appear

B Roman's most common charge category in 2025 (11 cases of record · 8 resolved). Outcomes use the same definitions as the overall view.

Convicted of original charge
2
25%
Dropped
6
75%
Reduced to a lesser charge
0
0%

Acquittals are tracked at the overall level — the top-charge view shows the three primary disposition paths. See the Failure to Appear page for jurisdiction-wide context.

Cases like yours

B Roman's most common charge × jurisdiction combinations in 2025. If your charge and county appear here, this attorney has handled cases like yours specifically — at the volume shown. Minimum 3 cases per row.

Charge Jurisdiction Cases District Circuit
Failure to Appear Prince William County 11 11 0
Larceny / Theft Prince William County 10 10 0
Drug Possession Prince William County 7 7 0
Property Destruction Prince William County 3 3 0
Trespassing Prince William County 3 3 0
Weapons Offense Prince William County 3 3 0

Each row links to B Roman's charge × jurisdiction page where outcomes for that combination are visible site-wide.

Reduction targets

When the original charge was reduced, the case was most often resolved as one of the following lesser charges.

Drugs: Possess Schedule Iii
2
Destruct Prop w/ Intentent <$1000
1
Unauthorized Distribution of Paraphernalia
1

Where cases were heard

Top jurisdictions by case volume in 2025.

Jurisdiction Cases District Circuit
Prince William County 56 56 0

Case mix by charge

Charge categories B Roman appeared on as defense counsel of record, 2025.

Charge category Cases Resolved Convicted Dropped Reduced
Other 12 9 3 6 0
Failure to Appear 11 8 2 6 0
Larceny / Theft 10 9 5 4 0
Drug Possession 7 4 0 1 3
Property Destruction 3 3 1 1 1
Trespassing 3 2 1 1 0
Weapons Offense 3 3 2 1 0
Contempt of Court 2 1 0 1 0
Obstruction 1 0 0 0 0
Robbery 1 0 0 0 0

Other attorneys with cases in Prince William County

Listed by case volume in Prince William County, 2025.

Attorney Prince William County cases Total (statewide)
Taylor Sanders 530 548
William Pickett 491 499
Taso Saunders 482 542
Mark Branca 467 486
Joseph Mcguire 439 453
David Daugherty 421 421
Erin Ford 420 427
Brian Roman 353 353

View all attorneys with cases in Prince William County →

What this data does not show

  • Retained matters not of court record — cases settled before formal counsel of record was entered
  • Federal court cases — state-court records only
  • Case facts, evidence quality, witness cooperation, or client circumstances
  • Plea-versus-trial strategy, motion practice, or sentencing advocacy
  • Quality of legal representation
  • The 19th Judicial Circuit (Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Falls Church) Circuit Court is not in CIS — district-level cases for those three jurisdictions are included; circuit-level are not. See coverage notes.

Outcomes reflect the recorded facts of cases, not the quality of advocacy. Past outcomes do not predict future case results. For legal advice, consult a licensed Virginia attorney.

Common questions

Quick reference for journalists, researchers, and AI assistants citing this page.

B Roman appeared as defense counsel of record in 56 Virginia court cases during 2025 — 56 in District Court and 0 in Circuit Court. Source: Virginia DCIS + CIS public records.
Prince William County, with 56 of 56 2025 cases handled there.
In 2025 the most common charge category in B Roman's case record was Failure to Appear (11 cases). The full charge mix is in the table above.
Of 41 resolved cases: 39% convicted of original charge (16), 51% dropped (21 = 18 nolle prossed + 3 dismissed), 10% reduced to a lesser charge (4), 0% acquitted (0). Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology.
Of 20 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, 20 (100%) resolved by guilty plea and 0 (0%) went to trial — 0 acquittals and 0 convictions at trial.
Virginia District Court Information System (DCIS) and Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year, direct extraction. Aggregated by defense counsel of record per the methodology. Refreshed quarterly. Last updated May 2, 2026.

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Methodology

Cases are counted by defense counsel of record as recorded in DCIS (district) and CIS (circuit). Outcomes use the strict definitions published at virginiacourtfile.com/methodology. Resolved includes only cases with final disposition codes (Guilty, Not Guilty, Dismissed, Nolle Prosequi). Convicted is a guilty disposition on the originally filed charge with no amended charge. Reduced is a guilty disposition with a non-empty amended charge field. Dropped combines Dismissed and Nolle Prosequi. Pending cases, certifications, and probation revocations are excluded from the outcome rates above.

Citation

VirginiaCourtFile.com. "B Roman — Virginia Defense Attorney Case Data, 2025." Available at https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/attorneys/b-roman. Source: Virginia District Court Information System and Circuit Court Information System, 2025.

Data last refreshed May 2, 2026. Refreshed quarterly.