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 648 358 290
Christopher Keller Roanoke County 479 355 124
Patrick Kenney Roanoke County 366 208 158
Christopher Kowalczuk Roanoke County 351 167 184
Anthony Anderson Roanoke County 318 166 152
Kevin Gick Roanoke County 283 252 31
Cerid Lugar Roanoke County 261 218 43
John Weber Roanoke County 251 155 96
Christian Persinger Roanoke County 246 116 130
Joseph Cockfield Roanoke County 242 114 128
Seth Weston Roanoke County 242 124 118
Ronnie Clay Roanoke County 241 103 138
David Lawrence Roanoke County 237 191 46
James Fairchild Roanoke County 207 136 71
Dirk Padgett Roanoke County 196 105 91
Melvin Hill Roanoke County 191 100 91
Ethan Koelsch Roanoke County 165 119 46
David Damico Roanoke County 164 118 46
Peter Edwards Roanoke County 163 105 58
David Bowers Roanoke County 147 109 38
Tonya Janney Roanoke County 145 86 59
Wilson Pasley Roanoke County 140 70 70
Suzanne Moushegian Roanoke County 139 27 112
Holly Farris Roanoke County 136 87 49
Lance Hale Roanoke County 129 80 49
James Cargill Roanoke County 128 57 71
Kelli Boyer Roanoke County 120 68 52
Timothy Dooley Roanoke County 118 91 27
Brad Braford Roanoke County 117 83 34
Charles Nave Roanoke County 111 51 60
Neil Horn Roanoke County 95 35 60
Jeffrey L Dorsey Roanoke County 76 24 52
David Robinson Roanoke County 67 33 34
Daniel Frankl Roanoke County 58 55 3
L Brad Braford Roanoke County 53 1 52
Terry Grimes Roanoke County 53 30 23
Wayne Bibee Roanoke County 51 47 4
Myles Hylton Roanoke County 46 36 10
Suzanna Moushegian Roanoke County 46 44 2
Caroline T B Stanley Roanoke County 44 10 34
Corey Diviney Roanoke County 38 31 7
Sientje Henderson Roanoke County 38 37 1
Shelia Moheb Roanoke County 37 31 6
Bradley Thompson Roanoke County 31 22 9
Jeffery Dorsey Roanoke County 24 22 2
John Lichtenstein Roanoke County 21 16 5

46 attorneys with primary jurisdiction in Roanoke Countyrefreshed May 2, 2026

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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