Defense Attorneys in Portsmouth
31 attorneys with case-of-record activity in Portsmouth, 2025
Defense attorneys whose primary jurisdiction is Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth, by case volume (2025)
Listed by total case count statewide. Each attorney's primary jurisdiction is Portsmouth. This is a volume index, not a ranking.
| Attorney | Primary jurisdiction | Cases | District | Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonya Weaver-Roots | Portsmouth | 244 | 178 | 66 |
| Shea Coleman Nazareth | Portsmouth | 217 | 206 | 11 |
| Nathan Chapman | Portsmouth | 175 | 134 | 41 |
| Sterling Weaver | Portsmouth | 172 | 110 | 62 |
| Michael Massie | Portsmouth | 168 | 60 | 108 |
| Caitlyn Brotherton | Portsmouth | 154 | 0 | 154 |
| W Kozak | Portsmouth | 147 | 147 | 0 |
| R Davis | Portsmouth | 130 | 130 | 0 |
| John Levin | Portsmouth | 117 | 97 | 20 |
| H Kozak | Portsmouth | 105 | 103 | 2 |
| M Massie | Portsmouth | 100 | 99 | 1 |
| Emily Hunt | Portsmouth | 97 | 13 | 84 |
| Andrew Abraham | Portsmouth | 89 | 7 | 82 |
| Ali Sprinkle | Portsmouth | 86 | 72 | 14 |
| Leron Gilchrist | Portsmouth | 76 | 0 | 76 |
| Althea Mease | Portsmouth | 75 | 2 | 73 |
| Lianne Peterson | Portsmouth | 71 | 2 | 69 |
| Kasia Wiggins | Portsmouth | 68 | 0 | 68 |
| Amanda Indorf | Portsmouth | 65 | 3 | 62 |
| S Weaver | Portsmouth | 64 | 48 | 16 |
| Linden Atelsek | Portsmouth | 62 | 0 | 62 |
| Michael Rosenberg | Portsmouth | 60 | 11 | 49 |
| Christopher Kadish | Portsmouth | 57 | 0 | 57 |
| M Rosenberg | Portsmouth | 57 | 57 | 0 |
| Don Scott | Portsmouth | 42 | 39 | 3 |
| Victoria Alnaif | Portsmouth | 40 | 2 | 38 |
| Cashea Nazareth | Portsmouth | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Robin Holley Duke | Portsmouth | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Kathleen Roberts | Portsmouth | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| S Plott | Portsmouth | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Brian T Dunningan | Portsmouth | 23 | 22 | 1 |
About this dataset
- Source: Virginia District Court Information System (DCIS) + Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year
- 31 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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