Defense Attorneys in Washington County (2025)

Defense attorneys whose primary jurisdiction is Washington 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 Washington County, by case volume (2025)

Listed by total case count statewide. Each attorney's primary jurisdiction is Washington County. This is a volume index, not a ranking.

Attorney	Primary jurisdiction	Cases	District	Circuit
Stephanie Pease	Washington County	452	369	83
Johnny Rosenbaum	Washington County	412	186	226
Christopher Johnson	Washington County	343	149	194
Catherine O'Brien	Washington County	342	94	248
David Childers	Washington County	269	111	158
Jimmie Hess	Washington County	212	55	157
Chip Barker	Washington County	200	74	126
Sharon Farmer	Washington County	176	50	126
John Coleman	Washington County	104	38	66
Michaela Pannell	Washington County	100	63	37
David Scyphers	Washington County	78	31	47
Wayne Austin	Washington County	75	53	22
Douglas Fleenor	Washington County	56	43	13
Kimberly Haugh	Washington County	55	34	21
Joshua Sutherland	Washington County	51	29	22
Ilya Berenshteyn	Washington County	49	9	40
John Jessee	Washington County	48	45	3
Heather Howard	Washington County	46	45	1
Kim Haugh	Washington County	39	29	10
R Wayne Austin	Washington County	35	7	28

20 attorneys with primary jurisdiction in Washington Countyrefreshed July 8, 2026

About this dataset

Source: Virginia District Court Information System (DCIS) + Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year
20 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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