Source. Virginia DCIS + CIS, 2025 Methodology Report a correction Last refreshed May 2, 2026
Cases of record · 2025116

Jeffery L Elkins appeared as defense counsel of record in 116 Virginia court cases during 2025, drawn from Virginia District and Circuit Court Information Systems.

Court level
1 % District · 99 % Circuit
Primary jurisdiction
Wise County · 110 cases
Most common charge
Fraud / Forgery · 19

Case outcomes

Resolved cases — 88 of 116. "Resolved" means a final disposition was reached. Pending cases and probation revocations are excluded.

Convicted of original charge
38
43%
Dropped
43
49%
Nolle prossed
35
Dismissed
8
Reduced to a lesser charge
7
8%
To Improper Driving
1
Within charge family
6
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 45 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, how many pled and how many went to trial.

Pled guilty
45100%
Resolved by guilty plea — no trial.
Went to trial
00%
0 acquittals · 0 convictions at trial.

Top charge — Fraud / Forgery

Jeffery L Elkins's most common charge category in 2025 (19 cases of record · 19 resolved). Outcomes use the same definitions as the overall view.

Convicted of original charge
8
42%
Dropped
11
58%
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 Fraud / Forgery page for jurisdiction-wide context.

Cases like yours

Jeffery L Elkins'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
Fraud / Forgery Wise County 19 0 19
Drug Possession Wise County 10 0 10
Failure to Appear Wise County 7 0 7
Assault & Battery Wise County 6 0 6
Sex Offense Wise County 5 0 5
Weapons Offense Scott County 3 0 3
Weapons Offense Wise County 3 0 3

Each row links to Jeffery L Elkins'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.

Destruct Prop w/ Intentent <$1000
1
Distrb/Sell For Proft Schedule I/Ii
1
Drug Possession (Schedule I/II)
1
Fail To Stop/Elude For Police
1
Improper Driving
1
Nonviolent Felon Poss Gun >10Y
1
Possess Gun W/ Schedule I-Ii Drug
1

Where cases were heard

Top jurisdictions by case volume in 2025.

Jurisdiction Cases District Circuit
Wise County 110 0 110
Scott County 5 0 5
Washington County 1 1 0

Case mix by charge

Charge categories Jeffery L Elkins appeared on as defense counsel of record, 2025.

Charge category Cases Resolved Convicted Dropped Reduced
Other 51 33 14 16 3
Fraud / Forgery 19 19 8 11 0
Drug Possession 10 8 5 3 0
Failure to Appear 7 6 2 4 0
Assault & Battery 6 1 1 0 0
Weapons Offense 6 6 4 0 2
Sex Offense 5 5 0 5 0
Larceny / Theft 2 1 0 1 0
Murder / Manslaughter 2 2 2 0 0
Property Destruction 2 1 0 0 1

Other attorneys with cases in Wise County

Listed by case volume in Wise County, 2025.

Attorney Wise County cases Total (statewide)
J Marty Adkins 387 419
Charles Bledsoe 269 341
Stephanie Kern 234 234
Adrian Collins 199 368
Marty Adkins 198 202
Jaxon Wilkens 198 201
Tyler Adams 197 365
Stuart Collins 187 347

View all attorneys with cases in Wise 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.

Jeffery L Elkins appeared as defense counsel of record in 116 Virginia court cases during 2025 — 1 in District Court and 115 in Circuit Court. Source: Virginia DCIS + CIS public records.
Wise County, with 110 of 116 2025 cases handled there.
In 2025 the most common charge category in Jeffery L Elkins's case record was Fraud / Forgery (19 cases). The full charge mix is in the table above.
Of 88 resolved cases: 43% convicted of original charge (38), 49% dropped (43 = 35 nolle prossed + 8 dismissed), 8% reduced to a lesser charge (7), 0% acquitted (0). Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology.
Of 45 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, 45 (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. "Jeffery L Elkins — Virginia Defense Attorney Case Data, 2025." Available at https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/attorneys/jeffery-l-elkins. Source: Virginia District Court Information System and Circuit Court Information System, 2025.

Data last refreshed May 2, 2026. Refreshed quarterly.