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Best Felony Defense Lawyers in Sugar Land

Ranked by how many felony defense cases each attorney has actually handled in Fort Bend County, from public court records — not by self-reported practice areas.

Filings on file
86,331
Ranked attorneys
1,076
Most cases
915
Chimaobi O Nwankwo
Years covered
1982–2026
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Filings by year

1982–2026
1982: 893 filings'821983: 797 filings1984: 776 filings1985: 803 filings1986: 1,013 filings'861987: 983 filings1988: 1,084 filings1989: 1,094 filings1990: 1,251 filings'901991: 1,319 filings1992: 1,568 filings1993: 1,106 filings1994: 1,250 filings'941995: 1,172 filings1996: 1,190 filings1997: 1,250 filings1998: 1,384 filings'981999: 1,456 filings2000: 1,506 filings2001: 1,575 filings2002: 1,765 filings'022003: 1,846 filings2004: 2,041 filings2005: 2,105 filings2006: 2,306 filings'062007: 2,550 filings2008: 2,357 filings2009: 2,592 filings2010: 2,539 filings'102011: 2,906 filings2012: 2,862 filings2013: 2,742 filings2014: 2,937 filings'142015: 3,151 filings2016: 3,297 filings2017: 3,426 filings2018: 3,615 filings'182019: 3,134 filings2020: 2,047 filings2021: 2,475 filings2022: 2,572 filings'222023: 2,096 filings2024: 2,202 filings2025: 2,414 filings2026: 884 filings'26
Peak 2018 · 3,615 filings
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Felony Defense attorneys

ranked by case count
  1. 01Chimaobi O Nwankwo915cases
  2. 02Asad Jhangir Gaddi794cases
  3. 03Charles Denver FesmireFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond577cases
  4. 04Veronica Lynette AlvaradoFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond551cases
  5. 05Michelle Ledvak AndersonFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond419cases
  6. 06Roderick Deon RodgersFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond402cases
  7. 07Mark Vukashin Mitchell399cases
  8. 08Mary Grace Bullard388cases
  9. 09Shane J. Hazelton340cases
  10. 10Susan Elizabeth BourgeoisFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond303cases
  11. 11Alexandra Nicole McLainFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond297cases
  12. 12Janie Ann KorahFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond285cases
  13. 13Collin Scovill281cases
  14. 14Jacqueline F. BosticFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond208cases
  15. 15Karey Elizabeth SopchakFort Bend County Public Defender's Office · Richmond207cases
  16. 16Marissa Chapa204cases
  17. 17Mark Anthony MelchorRosen Kovach PLLC · Richmond203cases
  18. 18James RiveraLaw Office of James Rivera · Houston200cases
  19. 19Lee Duane CoxLee D. Cox, Lawyer PLLC · Richmond197cases
  20. 20David William KiattaAttorney at Law · Sugar Land186cases
  21. 21Ashley Elizabeth HarknessFort Bend County District Attorney's Office · Richmond184cases
  22. 22Eduardo Jesus FrancoLaw Office of Eduardo J. Franco · Sugar Land179cases
  23. 23Shawn Moody McDonaldSmith | McDonald | Bolin · Sugar Land170cases
  24. 24Michael William ElliottElliott's Law Office · Rosenberg165cases
  25. 25Don A. Hecker162cases
  26. 26Rustin Foroutan152cases
  27. 27James Andrew Stevens150cases
  28. 28Cary Marshall FadenThe Law Office of Cary M. Faden · Sugar Land149cases
  29. 29Wilvin Jamar CarterThe Law Offices of Wilvin J. Carter P.C. · Houston147cases
  30. 30John Thomas KovachRosen & Kovach, PLLC · Richmond145cases
  31. 31Chelsi Rene MartinThe Law Office of Chelsi R. Martin, PLLC.144cases
  32. 32Ralph L. GonzalezRalph L. Gonzalez, Attorney at Law · Richmond143cases
  33. 33Jessica Anne Day131cases
  34. 34Craig Allen PriesmeyerAssociate Judge for the 268th District Court · Richmond130cases
  35. 35Michael C. DiazLaw Office of Michael C. Diaz PLLC. · Angleton129cases
  36. 36Selina Annette Alaniz127cases
  37. 37Donald Lee IrwinFort Bend County Public Defender's Offic · Richmond126cases
  38. 38Courtney Noelle RosenRosen & Kovach, PLLC · Richmond123cases
  39. 39Kenneth Wayne BryantThe Law Office of Ken Bryant · Richmond122cases
  40. 40Troy J. Wilson116cases
  41. 41Amanda Colleen Coker BolinSmith McDonald Bolin · Sugar Land113cases
  42. 42Brandon S. SimsThe Sims Law Firm, PLLC · Sugar Land112cases
  43. 43Daniel Eugene LazarineThe Law Office of Daniel Lazarine, PLLC · Sugar Land110cases
  44. 44David Bruce McClureLaw Office of David McClure · Houston109cases
  45. 45James Eric AshfordEric Ashford Attorney at Law · Houston106cases
  46. 46Julia Hubbard BellaThe Law Office of Julia Bella, PLLC · Richmond106cases
  47. 47Tristyl Aries McInnis106cases
  48. 48Robert Villagomez CardenasCardenas Law Office · Sugar Land105cases
  49. 49Lindsay Rene LopezLaw Office of Lindsay R. Lopez PLLC · Cypress101cases
  50. 50Adrianne Zacek NormanLaw Office of Adrianne Z. Norman · Katy100cases
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Other practice areas in Sugar Land

Debt & Contracts 7,254Personal Injury 7,180Civil Litigation 6,370Divorce 2,253Tax 1,591Property & Real Estate 1,466Family Law 700Child Custody & Support 360Adoption 98Protective Orders 19

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Case counts reflect felony defense matters in Fort Bend County public court records matched to each attorney's State Bar of Texas record. A higher count indicates more experience handling this case type in this county; it is not an endorsement or a measure of outcomes. Filing totals count each case once, so they are lower than the sum of the per-attorney counts above.