Source. Virginia DCIS + CIS, 2025 Methodology Report a correction Last refreshed May 2, 2026
Cases of record · 202590

Kasia Wiggins appeared as defense counsel of record in 90 Virginia court cases during 2025, drawn from Virginia District and Circuit Court Information Systems.

Court level
0 % District · 100 % Circuit
Primary jurisdiction
Portsmouth · 90 cases
Most common charge
Failure to Appear · 22

Across 73 resolved 2025 cases, 68% were dropped — 17 nolle prossed and 33 dismissed.

Case outcomes

Resolved cases — 73 of 90. "Resolved" means a final disposition was reached. Pending cases and probation revocations are excluded.

Convicted of original charge
17
23%
Dropped
50
68%
Nolle prossed
17
Dismissed
33
Reduced to a lesser charge
6
8%
Within charge family
6
Acquitted
0
0%

Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology. Convicted = guilty disposition on originally filed charge. Reduced = guilty disposition with non-empty amended charge. Dropped = nolle prosequi or dismissal. Acquitted = found not guilty at trial.

Plea vs trial

Of 23 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, how many pled and how many went to trial.

Pled guilty
1670%
Resolved by guilty plea — no trial.
Went to trial
730%
0 acquittals · 7 convictions at trial.
Trial acquittal rate
0%
0 of 7 trial verdicts ended in acquittal.

Top charge — Failure to Appear

Kasia Wiggins's most common charge category in 2025 (22 cases of record · 22 resolved). Outcomes use the same definitions as the overall view.

Convicted of original charge
0
0%
Dropped
22
100%
Reduced to a lesser charge
0
0%

Acquittals are tracked at the overall level — the top-charge view shows the three primary disposition paths. See the Failure to Appear page for jurisdiction-wide context.

Cases like yours

Kasia Wiggins's most common charge × jurisdiction combinations in 2025. If your charge and county appear here, this attorney has handled cases like yours specifically — at the volume shown. Minimum 3 cases per row.

Charge Jurisdiction Cases District Circuit
Failure to Appear Portsmouth 22 0 22
Assault & Battery Portsmouth 9 0 9
Weapons Offense Portsmouth 9 0 9
Kidnapping / Abduction Portsmouth 4 0 4

Each row links to Kasia Wiggins's charge × jurisdiction page where outcomes for that combination are visible site-wide.

Reduction targets

When the original charge was reduced, the case was most often resolved as one of the following lesser charges.

Assault & Battery-Fam Member
2
Assault & Battery-Fam Member
1
Battery, Sexual
1
Contrib To Deliq Of Minor
1
Nonviolent Felon Poss Gun >10Y
1

Where cases were heard

Top jurisdictions by case volume in 2025.

Jurisdiction Cases District Circuit
Portsmouth 90 0 90

Case mix by charge

Charge categories Kasia Wiggins appeared on as defense counsel of record, 2025.

Charge category Cases Resolved Convicted Dropped Reduced
Other 39 25 7 15 3
Failure to Appear 22 22 0 22 0
Assault & Battery 9 8 3 4 1
Weapons Offense 9 9 4 4 1
Kidnapping / Abduction 4 4 1 2 1
Drug Possession 2 1 0 1 0
Obstruction 2 2 1 1 0
Property Destruction 1 1 0 1 0
Protective Order Violation 1 1 1 0 0
Sex Offense 1 0 0 0 0

Other attorneys with cases in Portsmouth

Listed by case volume in Portsmouth, 2025.

Attorney Portsmouth cases Total (statewide)
Caitlyn Brotherton 193 193
Sonya Weaver-Roots 179 194
N Chapman 159 163
Andrew Abraham 132 132
Althea Mease 131 131
Sterling Weaver 128 178
Nathan Chapman 126 153
W Kozak 124 234

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What this data does not show

  • Retained matters not of court record — cases settled before formal counsel of record was entered
  • Federal court cases — state-court records only
  • Case facts, evidence quality, witness cooperation, or client circumstances
  • Plea-versus-trial strategy, motion practice, or sentencing advocacy
  • Quality of legal representation
  • The 19th Judicial Circuit (Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Falls Church) Circuit Court is not in CIS — district-level cases for those three jurisdictions are included; circuit-level are not. See coverage notes.

Outcomes reflect the recorded facts of cases, not the quality of advocacy. Past outcomes do not predict future case results. For legal advice, consult a licensed Virginia attorney.

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Kasia Wiggins appeared as defense counsel of record in 90 Virginia court cases during 2025 — 0 in District Court and 90 in Circuit Court. Source: Virginia DCIS + CIS public records.
Portsmouth, with 90 of 90 2025 cases handled there.
In 2025 the most common charge category in Kasia Wiggins's case record was Failure to Appear (22 cases). The full charge mix is in the table above.
Of 73 resolved cases: 23% convicted of original charge (17), 68% dropped (50 = 17 nolle prossed + 33 dismissed), 8% reduced to a lesser charge (6), 0% acquitted (0). Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology.
Of 23 cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, 16 (70%) resolved by guilty plea and 7 (30%) went to trial — 0 acquittals and 7 convictions at trial.
Virginia District Court Information System (DCIS) and Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year, direct extraction. Aggregated by defense counsel of record per the methodology. Refreshed quarterly. Last updated May 2, 2026.

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Methodology

Cases are counted by defense counsel of record as recorded in DCIS (district) and CIS (circuit). Outcomes use the strict definitions published at virginiacourtfile.com/methodology. Resolved includes only cases with final disposition codes (Guilty, Not Guilty, Dismissed, Nolle Prosequi). Convicted is a guilty disposition on the originally filed charge with no amended charge. Reduced is a guilty disposition with a non-empty amended charge field. Dropped combines Dismissed and Nolle Prosequi. Pending cases, certifications, and probation revocations are excluded from the outcome rates above.

Citation

VirginiaCourtFile.com. "Kasia Wiggins — Virginia Defense Attorney Case Data, 2025." Available at https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/attorneys/kasia-wiggins. Source: Virginia District Court Information System and Circuit Court Information System, 2025.

Data last refreshed May 2, 2026. Refreshed quarterly.