Defense Attorneys in Roanoke County
46 attorneys with case-of-record activity in Roanoke County, 2025
Defense attorneys whose primary jurisdiction is Roanoke County, 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 Roanoke County, by case volume (2025)
Listed by total case count statewide. Each attorney's primary jurisdiction is Roanoke County. This is a volume index, not a ranking.
| Attorney | Primary jurisdiction | Cases | District | Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Houchens | Roanoke County | 687 | 371 | 316 |
| Benjamin Sharpe | Roanoke County | 567 | 389 | 178 |
| Christopher Keller | Roanoke County | 506 | 379 | 127 |
| Patrick Kenney | Roanoke County | 396 | 214 | 182 |
| Christopher Kowalczuk | Roanoke County | 368 | 177 | 191 |
| Anthony Anderson | Roanoke County | 342 | 184 | 158 |
| Kevin Gick | Roanoke County | 318 | 283 | 35 |
| John Weber | Roanoke County | 280 | 180 | 100 |
| Cerid Lugar | Roanoke County | 277 | 233 | 44 |
| Christian Persinger | Roanoke County | 252 | 119 | 133 |
| Seth Weston | Roanoke County | 252 | 126 | 126 |
| David Lawrence | Roanoke County | 251 | 204 | 47 |
| Ronnie Clay | Roanoke County | 247 | 108 | 139 |
| Melvin Hill | Roanoke County | 204 | 107 | 97 |
| Dirk Padgett | Roanoke County | 203 | 111 | 92 |
| James Fairchild | Roanoke County | 201 | 130 | 71 |
| David Damico | Roanoke County | 173 | 121 | 52 |
| Ethan Koelsch | Roanoke County | 169 | 121 | 48 |
| Peter Edwards | Roanoke County | 164 | 105 | 59 |
| Tonya Janney | Roanoke County | 158 | 91 | 67 |
| David Bowers | Roanoke County | 149 | 111 | 38 |
| Wilson Pasley | Roanoke County | 146 | 72 | 74 |
| Suzanne Moushegian | Roanoke County | 140 | 28 | 112 |
| James Cargill | Roanoke County | 138 | 65 | 73 |
| Holly Farris | Roanoke County | 133 | 87 | 46 |
| Lance Hale | Roanoke County | 133 | 84 | 49 |
| Kelli Boyer | Roanoke County | 122 | 70 | 52 |
| Timothy Dooley | Roanoke County | 119 | 91 | 28 |
| Brad Braford | Roanoke County | 118 | 83 | 35 |
| Charles Nave | Roanoke County | 116 | 56 | 60 |
| Neil Horn | Roanoke County | 103 | 42 | 61 |
| Daniel Frankl | Roanoke County | 76 | 73 | 3 |
| Jeffrey L Dorsey | Roanoke County | 74 | 23 | 51 |
| David Robinson | Roanoke County | 70 | 36 | 34 |
| Terry Grimes | Roanoke County | 55 | 32 | 23 |
| Wayne Bibee | Roanoke County | 54 | 50 | 4 |
| L Brad Braford | Roanoke County | 54 | 1 | 53 |
| Suzanna Moushegian | Roanoke County | 51 | 49 | 2 |
| Caroline T B Stanley | Roanoke County | 50 | 13 | 37 |
| Myles Hylton | Roanoke County | 48 | 38 | 10 |
| Sientje Henderson | Roanoke County | 43 | 42 | 1 |
| Corey Diviney | Roanoke County | 42 | 35 | 7 |
| Shelia Moheb | Roanoke County | 37 | 31 | 6 |
| Bradley Thompson | Roanoke County | 34 | 23 | 11 |
| Jeffery Dorsey | Roanoke County | 24 | 22 | 2 |
| John Lichtenstein | Roanoke County | 23 | 18 | 5 |
About this dataset
- Source: Virginia District Court Information System (DCIS) + Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year
- 46 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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