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	746	462	284
Taoxi Sun	Chesapeake	677	327	350
Camden Freeman	Chesapeake	624	431	193
Breanna Jefferson	Chesapeake	620	342	278
Erik A Mussoni	Chesapeake	599	295	304
George Landry	Chesapeake	548	395	153
Jennifer Dunne	Chesapeake	546	292	254
Sara M Spartz	Chesapeake	520	291	229
Anna Katherine Somberg	Chesapeake	495	266	229
Tyler Searcy	Chesapeake	491	305	186
Leslee T Tingle	Chesapeake	489	260	229
Lakishi D Stevenson	Chesapeake	450	196	254
Kurt Gilchrist	Chesapeake	441	271	170
Amanda Newins	Chesapeake	327	263	64
H Black	Chesapeake	302	295	7
Mark Andrews	Chesapeake	265	246	19
Jason A Barlow	Chesapeake	247	205	42
Hugh E. Black	Chesapeake	169	26	143
D Morris	Chesapeake	166	134	32
Wynn R Horton	Chesapeake	161	4	157
H Crook	Chesapeake	160	160	0
Brett D Lucas	Chesapeake	150	0	150
Robert L. Wegman	Chesapeake	141	88	53
Brittany R Black	Chesapeake	133	85	48
Chad Dorsk	Chesapeake	132	39	93
Faith Shaw Winstead	Chesapeake	112	1	111
M Stokes	Chesapeake	108	108	0
Terence P. Martin	Chesapeake	99	0	99
Andrew K. James	Chesapeake	94	64	30
Mario Lorello	Chesapeake	94	66	28
Camden B Freeman	Chesapeake	86	0	86
Cara P Oxenham	Chesapeake	86	78	8
Kevin R Pettrey	Chesapeake	86	62	24
Stephen P. Givando	Chesapeake	72	46	26
Heather Buyrn Crook	Chesapeake	71	0	71
Meredith B Travers	Chesapeake	60	45	15
K Somberg	Chesapeake	59	59	0
Sanita A. Swift Sherard	Chesapeake	55	29	26
D Ortiz-Gonzalez	Chesapeake	52	52	0
Erica Byrum	Chesapeake	51	41	10
Maggie Beth Mccomas	Chesapeake	50	10	40
M Lawton	Chesapeake	48	48	0
Aaron M Pomeranz	Chesapeake	46	39	7
C Dunn	Chesapeake	44	44	0
Elizabeth D. Ireland	Chesapeake	42	28	14
Von L Piersall	Chesapeake	42	33	9
Destiny Boone	Chesapeake	40	20	20
J Short	Chesapeake	38	38	0
Michael Bruno	Chesapeake	37	36	1
Teddy Black	Chesapeake	30	28	2
Eric C Plumlee	Chesapeake	27	27	0
S Taylor	Chesapeake	26	26	0
William Bishop	Chesapeake	25	11	14
W Dunn	Chesapeake	24	23	1
Kimberly P Holt	Chesapeake	24	23	1

55 attorneys with primary jurisdiction in Chesapeakerefreshed July 8, 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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