Trichilo New Principal at McCandlish & Lillard
The law firm of McCandlish & Lillard, P.C. is pleased to announce that Benjamin J. Trichilo, who joined the firm last Spring as Counsel in its Litigation and Health Care Groups, has now become a Principal in the firm. Mr. Trichilo’s main practice areas include insurance defense; personal injury; professional malpractice; workers compensation; and sports injury claims. He holds the coveted “a v” (highest) rating from the peer review service of Martindale-Hubbell.
In a statement, Mr. Trichilo said, “Becoming a principal in this great law firm, with its many highly skilled practitioners in virtually every field of practice, is an awesome and unique honor.” R. Peyton Mahaffey, President of the firm, added, “We were pleased that Ben joined us as Counsel last March, and his acceptance of the firm’s invitation to become a Principal cements what began just over a year ago as, and has remained, a wonderful relationship with a great person and a terrific litigator.”
Mr. Trichilo graduated cum laude from the Georgetown University School of Business, and then graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1974. He then served as Law Clerk to a Virginia Supreme Court Justice.
Mr. Trichilo has been honored by inclusion in the following publications: Washington D.C.'s Best Lawyers; D.C. SuperLawyers; Virginia SuperLawyers; The Best Lawyers in America; Outstanding Lawyers of America. He also has served as a Neutral Case Evaluator for the Fairfax County Circuit Court since 1993, and is a Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America.
Mr. Trichilo is a resident of Oakton, Virginia.
McCandlish & Lillard, P.C. has 24 attorneys, with offices in Fairfax and Leesburg. The law firm has been meeting the legal needs of businesses and individuals in Northern Virginia and throughout the Commonwealth for more than 100 years. For more information regarding McCandlish & Lillard, P.C., call the firm at 703-273-2288 or visit our website at www.mccandlaw.com. Mr. Trichilo can be reached directly by phone at 703-934-1198 or by email at btrichilo@mccandlaw.com.
