McCandlish Lillard P.C. is pleased to announce that its President and Managing Partner, R. Peyton Mahaffey, and Senior Counsel Ralph M. Tener were two of 21 Virginia Lawyers who have been named to The Legal Elite every year since Virginia Business Magazine began the Project in 2000. Launched in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association, The Legal Elite polls lawyers across the Commonwealth each year, asking them to identify which of their peers are the top-rated in a variety of legal specialties. Mr. Mahaffey has been so recognized in the area of Civil Litigation, and Mr. Tener in the area of Intellectual Property/Information Technology.