Source. Virginia DCIS + CIS, 2025 Methodology Report a correction Last refreshed May 2, 2026
Cases of record · 2025710

Jonathan Mcgrady appeared as defense counsel of record in 710 Virginia court cases during 2025, drawn from Virginia District and Circuit Court Information Systems.

Court level
86 % District · 14 % Circuit
Primary jurisdiction
Carroll County · 491 cases
Most common charge
Reckless Driving · 94

Across 650 resolved 2025 cases, 61% were reduced to a lesser charge — most commonly to Defective Equipment Generally (218 cases).

Case outcomes

Resolved cases — 650 of 710. "Resolved" means a final disposition was reached. Pending cases and probation revocations are excluded.

Convicted of original charge
77
12%
Dropped
178
27%
Nolle prossed
76
Dismissed
102
Reduced to a lesser charge
395
61%
To Improper Driving
56
Within charge family
339
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 472 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, how many pled and how many went to trial.

Pled guilty
471100%
Resolved by guilty plea — no trial.
Went to trial
10%
0 acquittals · 1 convictions at trial.

Top charge — Reckless Driving

Jonathan Mcgrady's most common charge category in 2025 (94 cases of record · 93 resolved). Outcomes use the same definitions as the overall view.

Convicted of original charge
2
2%
Dropped
16
17%
Reduced to a lesser charge
75
81%

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

Cases like yours

Jonathan Mcgrady'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
Reckless Driving Carroll County 69 68 1
DUI / DWI Carroll County 17 17 0
Drug Possession Carroll County 9 4 5
Reckless Driving Grayson County 8 8 0
Reckless Driving Wythe County 7 7 0
Weapons Offense Carroll County 7 5 2
Sex Offense Carroll County 6 0 6
Assault & Battery Carroll County 5 4 1
Reckless Driving Galax 5 5 0
Larceny / Theft Galax 4 4 0
Weapons Offense Wythe County 4 4 0
DUI / DWI Galax 3 3 0

Each row links to Jonathan Mcgrady'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.

Defective Equipment Generally
218
Improper Driving
38
Defective Equipment Generally
27
Improper Driving
16
Defective Equipment Generally
14
Defective Speedometer
14
DWI, First Offense
7
Reckless Driving (Misdemeanor)
7

Where cases were heard

Top jurisdictions by case volume in 2025.

Jurisdiction Cases District Circuit
Carroll County 491 403 88
Galax 51 51 0
Grayson County 47 35 12
Wythe County 47 46 1
Pulaski County 22 22 0
Bland County 20 20 0
Floyd County 19 19 0
Radford 7 7 0
Montgomery County 5 5 0

Case mix by charge

Charge categories Jonathan Mcgrady appeared on as defense counsel of record, 2025.

Charge category Cases Resolved Convicted Dropped Reduced
Traffic Infraction 317 313 7 62 244
Other 179 153 56 44 53
Reckless Driving 94 93 2 16 75
DUI / DWI 32 27 8 2 17
Weapons Offense 15 9 0 8 1
Assault & Battery 12 11 1 10 0
Drug Possession 11 3 1 2 0
Larceny / Theft 9 6 1 5 0
Public Intoxication 9 9 0 9 0
Sex Offense 9 7 0 4 3

Other attorneys with cases in Carroll County

Listed by case volume in Carroll County, 2025.

Attorney Carroll County cases Total (statewide)
Mark Hurt 755 952
Clinton Kegley 560 1,141
Bethany Long-Hampsten 467 868
Edgar; Jr Dehart 445 530
J L; Iv Tompkins 404 586
Nathan Lyons 398 531
Christopher Munique 325 462
Elizabeth Rakes 178 181

View all attorneys with cases in Carroll 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.

Jonathan Mcgrady appeared as defense counsel of record in 710 Virginia court cases during 2025 — 609 in District Court and 101 in Circuit Court. Source: Virginia DCIS + CIS public records.
Carroll County, with 491 of 710 2025 cases handled there.
In 2025 the most common charge category in Jonathan Mcgrady's case record was Reckless Driving (94 cases). The full charge mix is in the table above.
Of 650 resolved cases: 12% convicted of original charge (77), 27% dropped (178 = 76 nolle prossed + 102 dismissed), 61% reduced to a lesser charge (395), 0% acquitted (0). Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology.
Of 472 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, 471 (100%) resolved by guilty plea and 1 (0%) went to trial — 0 acquittals and 1 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. "Jonathan Mcgrady — Virginia Defense Attorney Case Data, 2025." Available at https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/attorneys/jonathan-mcgrady. Source: Virginia District Court Information System and Circuit Court Information System, 2025.

Data last refreshed May 2, 2026. Refreshed quarterly.