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 | 229 | 172 | 57 |
| Shea Coleman Nazareth | Portsmouth | 204 | 193 | 11 |
| Nathan Chapman | Portsmouth | 167 | 127 | 40 |
| Michael Massie | Portsmouth | 164 | 59 | 105 |
| Sterling Weaver | Portsmouth | 162 | 104 | 58 |
| Caitlyn Brotherton | Portsmouth | 151 | 0 | 151 |
| W Kozak | Portsmouth | 143 | 143 | 0 |
| R Davis | Portsmouth | 125 | 125 | 0 |
| John Levin | Portsmouth | 109 | 91 | 18 |
| Emily Hunt | Portsmouth | 96 | 13 | 83 |
| H Kozak | Portsmouth | 96 | 94 | 2 |
| M Massie | Portsmouth | 91 | 90 | 1 |
| Andrew Abraham | Portsmouth | 88 | 7 | 81 |
| Ali Sprinkle | Portsmouth | 85 | 71 | 14 |
| Leron Gilchrist | Portsmouth | 76 | 0 | 76 |
| Lianne Peterson | Portsmouth | 75 | 2 | 73 |
| Althea Mease | Portsmouth | 68 | 2 | 66 |
| S Weaver | Portsmouth | 66 | 49 | 17 |
| Amanda Indorf | Portsmouth | 65 | 3 | 62 |
| Linden Atelsek | Portsmouth | 63 | 0 | 63 |
| Kasia Wiggins | Portsmouth | 61 | 0 | 61 |
| Michael Rosenberg | Portsmouth | 60 | 11 | 49 |
| M Rosenberg | Portsmouth | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Christopher Kadish | Portsmouth | 47 | 0 | 47 |
| Don Scott | Portsmouth | 41 | 38 | 3 |
| Victoria Alnaif | Portsmouth | 37 | 2 | 35 |
| Cashea Nazareth | Portsmouth | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Robin Holley Duke | Portsmouth | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Kathleen Roberts | Portsmouth | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| S Plott | Portsmouth | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| Brian T Dunningan | Portsmouth | 21 | 20 | 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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