CIVIL LITIGATION

Title: President and managing partner

Other legal specialties: General business, corporate and commercial litigation; fiduciary litigation; partnership and corporate dissolutions; real estate litigation; executive compensation and termination matters; employment litigation; personal injury litigation.

Birthplace: Danville

Education: Bachelor’s degree with high distinction, University of Virginia; law degree, University of Virginia School of Law

Spouse: Elizabeth (“Libby”) S. Mahaffey

Children: Thomas Peyton Mahaffey, 31, Megan Elizabeth Mahaffey, 29

First job as a lawyer: Associate, McCandlish Lillard

Career mentors: John H. Rust Jr., Robert H.J. Loftus

What has been your most memorable civil litigation case? Frances L. Cox v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 227 Va. 324, 315 S.E.2d 228 (1984). Working with former partner Jack Rust on my first and only felony criminal appeal arising from the September 1982 embezzlement conviction of Fairfax City Treasurer Frances L. Cox. We argued she had been denied the right to “call for evidence in [her] favor,” which includes the right to prepare for trial and the “right to interview material witnesses and ascertain the truth.” In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court of Virginia reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial. For 35 years, Cox has been cited as a leading case for the proposition that denying access to material financial records amounts to a violation of constitutional rights.

Civil Litigation List

Christopher Abel
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk

George Albiston
Gilbert & Albiston PLC
Norfolk

Michael Allen
Relman Dane & Colfax
Washington, D.C.

David Anthony
Troutman Sanders LLP
Richmond

David L. Arnold
Pender & Coward PC
Virginia Beach

William Artz
William E. Artz PC
Tysons

William “Jeff” J.G. Barnes
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Andrew Baugher
Flora Pettit PC
Harrisonburg

William D. Bayliss
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Bethany Benes
Bethune Benes PLLC
Fairfax

Andrew Biondi
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

William Bischoff
Bischoff Martingayle PC
Virginia Beach

Lynne Jones Blain
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Jason A. Botkins
Litten & Sipe LLP
Harrisonburg

George Bowles
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

Derek Brostek
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg

Matthew Broughton
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Turner Broughton
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Lynn K. Brugh IV
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Jennifer Brust
Bean, Kinney & Korman PC
Arlington

Duncan Byers
Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein LC
Newport News

Adam M. Carroll
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

James L. Chapman IV
Crenshaw, Ware & Martin PLC
Norfolk

Sandra Chinn-Gilstrap
Clement & Wheatley
Danville

Joshua J. Coe
East Coast Trial Lawyers PLC
Virginia Beach

David P. Corrigan
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Charles Davis
Marks & Harrison PC
Richmond

Christopher Davis
Davis Law PLC
Chesapeake

Lauren Elizabeth Davis
Frith Ellerman & Davis Law Firm PC
Roanoke

Michael E. Derdeyn
Flora Pettit PC
Harrisonburg

Barry Dorans
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Lawrence A. Dunn
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond

Brandon Elledge
Holland & Knight LLP
Tysons

Lauren Ellerman
Frith, Ellerman & Davis Law Firm PC
Roanoke

Hugh Fain
Spotts Fain PC
Richmond

Stephen Faraci
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
Richmond

Ryan G. Ferguson
Bischoff Martingayle PC
Virginia Beach

Michael Finney
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Benjamin Fitzgerald
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White PC
Leesburg

Calvin W. Fowler Jr.
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Terry C. Frank
Kaufman & Canoles PC
Richmond

Ryan D. Frei
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

Randolph Frostick
Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian PC
Manassas

Brent Gary
Reed Smith LLP
McLean

Danielle Giroux
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Alexandria

Terrence Graves
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Matthew D. Green
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

David Gutkowski
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

Warren Harless
Christian & Barton LLP
Richmond

Jonathan Harmon
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

David Hearn
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Charles Hilton
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg

Kenneth Hirtz
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Kevin Holt
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Alexandra Humphreys
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg

Lauren Ebersole Hutcheson
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond

Timothy B. Hyland
Hyland Law PLLC
Reston

James Jebo
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Karissa T. Kaseorg
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond

James Kinsel
Protorae Law PLLC
Tysons

Steven Krieger
Steven Krieger Law PLLC
Arlington

Dave Littel
Parks Zeigler PLLC
Virginia Beach

Jennifer Lucey
Shannon Mullins & Wright LLP
Alexandria

John Lynch
Troutman Sanders LLP
Virginia Beach

R. Peyton Mahaffey
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Margaret Marks
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

Brad Marrs
Marrs & Henry Law Firm
Richmond

Lawrence J. McClafferty
McCandlish Lillard
Fairfax

Robert McFarland
McGuireWoods LLP
Norfolk

Craig Merritt
Christian & Barton LLP
Richmond

Juliane Miller
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Alexandria

Joseph Moore
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond

Joseph Moriarty
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk

John B. Mumford Jr.
Hancock, Daniel & Johnson PC
Glen Allen

E. Stanley Murphy
Dunton, Simmons & Dunton LLP
White Stone

Jon Nichols
Harman Claytor
Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Brendan O’Toole
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Scott Oostdyk
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

Ethan Ostroff
Troutman Sanders LLP
Virginia Beach

Julie S. Palmer
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Kellam T. Parks
Parks Zeigler PLLC
Virginia Beach

Jennifer Lee Parrish
Parrish Snead Franklin
Simpson PLC
Fredericksburg

Elizabeth Perrow
Woods Rogers PLC
Roanoke

William B. Porter
Blankingship & Keith PC
Fairfax

Benjamin Rand
Blackburn, Conte,
Schilling, & Click PC
Richmond

Brian Richardson
Ford Richardson
Richmond

Glen M. Robertson
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

J. Benjamin Rottenborn
Woods Rogers PLC
Roanoke

Richard Samet
FloranceGordonBrown PC
Richmond

Rebecca Bricken Segal
Protorae Law PLLC
Tysons

Cullen Seltzer
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

J. Scott Sexton
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

Yama Shansab
Ferguson Walton & Shansab PLLC
Reston

Winthrop Short Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles PC
Newport News

Conrad Shumadine
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk

Nicholas Simopoulos
Simopoulos Law PLLC
Richmond

Charles Sims
O’Hagan Meyer PLLC
Richmond

James Skilling
Williams & Skilling PC
Richmond

Michael Smith
Christian & Barton LLP
Richmond

James M. Snyder
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond

Brett Spain
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk

W. Edgar Spivey
Kaufman & Canoles PC
Norfolk

Mark Stiles
City Attorney’s Office
Virginia Beach

Robert J. Stoney
Blankingship & Keith PC
Fairfax

Robert Tata
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Norfolk

Charles Tench
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly PC
Newport News

Leonard C. Tengco
Pesner Altmiller Melnick &
DeMers PLC
Tysons

Alison Toepp
Reed Smith LLP
Richmond

Wayne Travell
Hirschler
Tysons

William W. Tunner
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Clinton Verity
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Ryan Walker
Marks & Harrison PC
Richmond

Stanley P. Wellman
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Henry Willett
Christian & Barton LLP
Richmond

Leslie Winneberger
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Marshall A. Winslow Jr.
Wolcott Rivers Gates
Virginia Beach

Bob Ziogas
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte
Roanoke