Defense Attorneys in Chesapeake (2025)

Defense attorneys whose primary jurisdiction is Chesapeake, drawn from 2025 public court records. Each attorney page shows the full case mix and outcome breakdown — no ratings, no claims, no editorializing. ← All Virginia attorneys

Attorneys in Chesapeake, by case volume (2025)

Listed by total case count statewide. Each attorney's primary jurisdiction is Chesapeake. This is a volume index, not a ranking.

Attorney	Primary jurisdiction	Cases	District	Circuit
Kathryn E Lord	Chesapeake	732	458	274
Taoxi Sun	Chesapeake	639	317	322
Breanna Jefferson	Chesapeake	609	338	271
Camden Freeman	Chesapeake	608	427	181
Erik A Mussoni	Chesapeake	585	291	294
George Landry	Chesapeake	533	392	141
Jennifer Dunne	Chesapeake	511	281	230
Sara M Spartz	Chesapeake	494	274	220
Leslee T Tingle	Chesapeake	481	255	226
Anna Katherine Somberg	Chesapeake	480	264	216
Tyler Searcy	Chesapeake	475	301	174
Kurt Gilchrist	Chesapeake	425	258	167
Lakishi D Stevenson	Chesapeake	395	191	204
H Black	Chesapeake	293	286	7
Amanda Newins	Chesapeake	290	245	45
Mark Andrews	Chesapeake	240	223	17
Jason A Barlow	Chesapeake	232	192	40
Hugh E. Black	Chesapeake	168	26	142
D Morris	Chesapeake	164	132	32
H Crook	Chesapeake	158	158	0
Wynn R Horton	Chesapeake	150	4	146
Brett D Lucas	Chesapeake	145	0	145
Robert L. Wegman	Chesapeake	133	80	53
Chad Dorsk	Chesapeake	131	38	93
Brittany R Black	Chesapeake	122	82	40
Faith Shaw Winstead	Chesapeake	114	1	113
M Stokes	Chesapeake	108	108	0
Terence P. Martin	Chesapeake	89	0	89
Camden B Freeman	Chesapeake	86	0	86
Kevin R Pettrey	Chesapeake	86	61	25
Mario Lorello	Chesapeake	85	62	23
Andrew K. James	Chesapeake	84	59	25
Cara P Oxenham	Chesapeake	83	75	8
Stephen P. Givando	Chesapeake	70	46	24
Heather Buyrn Crook	Chesapeake	67	0	67
K Somberg	Chesapeake	60	60	0
Meredith B Travers	Chesapeake	60	45	15
Sanita A. Swift Sherard	Chesapeake	55	29	26
Erica Byrum	Chesapeake	51	41	10
D Ortiz-Gonzalez	Chesapeake	51	51	0
M Lawton	Chesapeake	45	45	0
Aaron M Pomeranz	Chesapeake	45	38	7
C Dunn	Chesapeake	43	43	0
Destiny Boone	Chesapeake	42	22	20
Von L Piersall	Chesapeake	40	31	9
Elizabeth D. Ireland	Chesapeake	39	27	12
Michael Bruno	Chesapeake	37	36	1
J Short	Chesapeake	34	34	0
Maggie Beth Mccomas	Chesapeake	32	7	25
Eric C Plumlee	Chesapeake	27	27	0
Teddy Black	Chesapeake	26	24	2
William Bishop	Chesapeake	25	11	14
W Dunn	Chesapeake	24	23	1
S Taylor	Chesapeake	24	24	0
Kimberly P Holt	Chesapeake	20	19	1

55 attorneys with primary jurisdiction in Chesapeakerefreshed May 2, 2026

About this dataset

Source: Virginia District Court Information System (DCIS) + Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year
55 attorneys with at least 20 cases of record (minimum-volume threshold; lowered from 30 on 2026-05-14)
Generic Public Defender entries are excluded; pages cover named individual attorneys only
The 19th Judicial Circuit (Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Falls Church) Circuit Court is not in CIS — district-level cases included; circuit-level not. Coverage notes.
Federal cases are not included
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