An experienced lobbyist, Ashlie T. Bagwell joined HJM in 2013. She has served as a government relations professional in Annapolis and throughout Maryland for over 15 years. During that time, Bagwell has represented a large number of clients across a variety of industries and has worked extensively with companies and organizations headquartered and/or located in Montgomery County.
1) AbbVie Inc.
4) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
5) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates
8) Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)
9) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
10) Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
15-20 years
I focus on 'how' to get from A to B, but I also, occasionally, help clients decide whether B is really where they want to go.
Appointed by Governor Lawrence Hogan, Jr. and President Mike Miller to the Maryland Climate Change Commission
AV Preeminent rating in Martindale-Hubbell
Named to The Best Lawyers in America since 1995
Named Baltimore's "Lawyer of the Year" in Environmental Law by Best Lawyers in America, 2019
Named Baltimore "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation - Environmental by Best Lawyers in America, 2017
Named Baltimore "Lawyer of the Year" in Environmental Law by Best Lawyers in America, 2014 and 2016
Selected to Maryland Super Lawyers list for Environmental Law in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and since 2015, and for Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental Litigation and Government Relations, 2021
Recipient, Outstanding Professional Service Award, Fuel Fund of Maryland for the contribution of legal services, June 2011
Recipient, Award of Excellence as "Consultant of the Year," Home Builders Association of Maryland, Land Development Council, 2010
Recipient, Leadership in the Law Award in Environmental Law, The Daily Record, 2009
Named "Legal Elite," SmartCEO, November 2009
Listed to "Top Lawyers in Maryland," Baltimore Magazine
Michael is a Member in the firm's Energy and Environmental Team.
He was named Maryland "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation. In addition, for more than two decades, he has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America, according to a national poll of lawyers. He has also been named a Maryland Super Lawyer. Michael has the highest possible rating in Martindale-Hubbell (established by peer review) and was a founding member and the first elected chairman of the Environmental Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.
Prior to joining Gordon Feinblatt, Michael served as Principal Counsel to the Maryland Department of the Environment. In this role, he was the chief environmental attorney for the state and the principal advisor to the Attorney General on environmental issues. He also served as an Assistant Attorney General advising the state, at various times, on issues involving hazardous wastes, water pollution, solid wastes, radiation control and other environmental and regulatory issues.
In 2015, Michael was appointed by Governor Lawrence Hogan to represent business interests on the Maryland Climate Change Commission and then reappointed by Senate President Mike Miller in 2016. He co-chairs the Mitigation Work Group of the Commission, which is develops plans to meet Maryland's greenhouse gas targets. Michael was also recognized for his dedication to the practice of law and to his community with the 2009 Leadership in the Law award, presented by the Maryland Daily Record and received a Professional Service Award in 2011 for his pro bono work from the Maryland Fuel Fund.
Michael's practice covers environmental law, energy law and governmental relations.
Michael's environmental work has included defending companies from governmental and third-party environmental claims, providing advice on greenhouse gas regulations and legislation, negotiating remediation agreements (including brownfield applications) on contaminated properties, advising companies on climate change developments, and negotiating the terms of environmental permits. Projects on which Michael has worked include solar energy projects; residential and commercial developments; natural gas and petroleum pipeline projects; co-generation projects; hazardous waste incinerators; waste-to-energy plants; infectious waste incinerators; waterway construction permits for developers and municipal water supply facilities; wetlands permits for developers, energy companies and mining operations; critical area approvals for developers; water appropriation and water discharge permits; landfill and other solid waste permits; permits to construct and operate air emission sources (including Title V permits and CPCN permits for energy projects); and work on air and water discharge permits for industrial and energy clients.
Michael's energy work has included the permitting of new renewable energy projects in Maryland. He currently represents a number of coal, natural gas and solar generating stations stations, seeking or renewing environmental permits. He has also provided advice on rate proceedings for large energy customers and for energy producers. Michael was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to serve as one of the inaugural members on the Strategic Energy Investment Fund Advisory Board, which provides advice to the Maryland Energy Administration on the budgeting of funds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auctions.
Described by The Baltimore Sun as a "high-profile lobbyist representing builders and industrial interests," Michael's lobbying practice has included the representation of energy companies, energy customers, manufacturing interests and developers before the General Assembly. Michael has helped draft many of the most significant Maryland environmental and energy legislation, including the Maryland Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act (both the original Act in 2009 and the renewal in 2015), the Maryland Electricity Restructuring Act, the Maryland Brownfields Act and statutes reforming the process for issuing environmental permits in Maryland.
Since joining Gordon Feinblatt, Michael has provided advice to Talen Energy, Honeywell, BP, FMC, Lockheed Martin, Energy Answers, AES, Alcoa, Lafarge, Lennar Incorporated, Beazer Homes USA Inc., Pulte Homes, CalAtlantic, Ryland Homes, Toll Brothers, First Energy, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Florida Rock, American Sugar (Domino), the National Aquarium, Select Energy, Trigen Energy Corporation, the Maryland Industrial Group, the Maryland Industrial Technology Alliance, the American Chemistry Council, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, the Maryland Bankers Association, Amports and many others. Significant brownfield and remediation projects have included the redevelopment of Silver Spring (on behalf of Montgomery County), the remediation of a major asphalt refinery (on behalf of BP), the proposed Center for Marine Research (on behalf of the National Aquarium), the Carr-Lowery and Westport Power plants (Turner Development), Silo Point (Pulte), Deep Harbor (Beazer), a plant expansion for Domino Sugar, Dundalk Marine Terminal, Race Street and Swann Park (for Honeywell) and dozens more.
Because of his extensive legal background, Michael is a contributing author to the LexisNexis Practice Guide: Maryland Environmental Law.
Caitlin E. McDonough is an attorney and registered lobbyist with over 16 years of experience in Annapolis, working with the Maryland General Assembly and several administrations. Since joining the HJM team in 2012, she has advocated passionately on an array of issues, particularly the development and implementation of fair and reasonable regulatory schemes for new, innovative technologies and business models. McDonough represents a variety of significant industry players, including major pharmaceutical manufacturers, telecommunication and energy service providers, financial institutions, and health and property insurers.
15-20 years
In 2000, Harris Jones founded Harris Jones & Malone, LLC. To date, she remains the first and only Black woman in the State of Maryland to own and manage a law practice with a focus in lobbying, government relations, procurement, labor negotiations, criminal defense, and administrative trial board representation at both the state and local levels. Harris Jones & Malone proudly serves municipalities and related quasi-public agencies, non-profits, and small and large business enterprises, both publicly and privately held. Currently, Harris Jones & Malone represents clients on issues concerning, but not limited to construction, energy, water, retail sales, education, transportation, public safety, healthcare, gaming, real estate, telecommunications, procurement, corporate law, state funding for public and private development projects, taxation, labor, insurance, public interest, election, and environmental law.
Due to her hard work and tireless advocacy, Harris Jones is widely regarded as a lobbyist with the ability to effect real change in the legislative process, regardless of the size of her client or the perceived power of her opponent. As a result of her successful track record, her clients have enabled her to become the first Black attorney/lobbyist to be consistently ranked in the top five earning lobbyists in Maryland following the conclusion of each legislative session since 2009.
Harris Jones has worked on high profile matters such as the repeal of Maryland's Death Penalty, the enactment of the Civil Marriage Protection Act, and in 2019, the Community Safety and Strengthening Act, which authorizes Johns Hopkins University to establish a university police department.
Among her many legislative accomplishments, Harris Jones lobbied successfully for the passage of a priority lien bill on behalf of the Community Associations Institute Maryland Legislative Action Committee (CAI), an organization representing common ownership communities. For many years, CAI had battled with financial institutions over this critical legislation. In only her second legislative session representing CAI, Harris Jones was able to facilitate an agreement and secure the votes needed to pass the bill. This law allows condominium associations to recover up to four months of association fees at the time of a foreclosure sale. Hard hit by the downturn in the housing market, association fees are vital to the financial stability of all common ownership communities.
Harris Jones is a Member of the Board of Trustees/Directors of three publicly traded companies: Industrial Logistics Properties Trust, Diversified Healthcare Trust, and TravelCenters of America, LLC. She also serves on the Board of Trustees/Directors of Everyman Theatre and Baltimore Museum of Art. In 2021, Harris Jones was listed as one of The Daily Record's Power 100. She was also recognized by Savoy Magazine as one of the Most Influential Black Corporate Directors, an international honor. In 2019 Harris Jones received the Current Leader Award from the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland, Inc. In 2016, Harris Jones received the Friend of Dyslexia Award for Outstanding Dyslexia Advocacy and also received the Maryland Government Relations Association's Community Service Award. Since 2000, Harris Jones has earned the following honors: YWCA Greater Baltimore's Special Leader Award, The Daily Record's Leadership in Law Award, The Baltimore Sun's 50 Women to Watch in 2013, The Daily Records Maryland's Top 100 Women in 2005 and 2009, The Baltimore Business Journal's 40 under 40, The Baltimore Times' Top 25 Young Leaders to Watch, and the Maryland Coalition for Responsive Government's 21st Century Woman distinction.
1) AbbVie Inc.
3) Article IV
5) Associated Builders & Contractors
6) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
7) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
9) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
10) Benevis, LLC
11) CFG Bank Arena
12) CH MH Services (MD), LLC (Charlie Health)
13) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
14) Cloudforce
15) Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee
16) DoorDash, Inc.
19) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates
20) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
22) Family Tree, The
23) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
24) Greater Baltimore Committee
25) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
27) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
28) Johns Hopkins
30) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
31) Kingdom Fellowship AME Church
33) Mariner Finance
34) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
37) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
38) Maryland Oncology Hematology, P.A.
39) Maryland Psychiatric Society
40) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
41) Maryland State's Attorneys' Association
42) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
46) Mid Atlantic Floor Covering Association, Inc.
47) Noresco
48) Norfolk Southern Corporation
49) Orijin
50) P3 Group, The
51) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
52) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
54) RELX Group
56) Sharps Medical Waste Services
58) Southern Management Companies
60) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
64) Turo, Inc.
65) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
66) US Oncology
68) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
69) Visit Baltimore
20+ years
(850) 510-9922
1454 Vieux Carre Dr, Ste 201, Tallahassee, Florida, 32308-7732,
(316) 640-1422
825 S KANSAS, STE 502, TOPEKA, KS, 66612,
(785) 213-0185
825 S KANSAS, STE 502, TOPEKA, KS, 66612,
410-366-1500
2423 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218,
1) AFT-Maryland
3) Associated Builders & Contractors
4) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
5) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
6) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
7) CH MH Services (MD), LLC (Charlie Health)
8) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
9) Cloudforce
10) Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee
11) DoorDash, Inc.
13) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
14) Family Tree, The
15) Greater Baltimore Committee
16) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
18) Johns Hopkins
21) Mariner Finance
22) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
23) Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association
24) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
25) Maryland Psychiatric Society
26) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
28) Norfolk Southern Corporation
29) P3 Group, The
30) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
31) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
34) Sharps Medical Waste Services
410-440-9267
1940 Nobles Mill Road, Darlington, MD, 21034,
2) Article IV
4) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
5) Center for Ecosystem Recovery
9) Harford County Deputy Sheriff's Union
10) Harford County Public Library
12) Johns Hopkins
(850) 222-1568
Po Box 10245, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2245,
(913) 484-4202
22052 WEST 66TH STREET, SUITE 200, SHAWNEE, KS, 66226,
1) ALIGNED
(314) 330-8442
450 Conway Village Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63141,
1) Aligned
3143374317
789 FOREST GREEN DRIVE, O FALLON, IL, 62269,
(314) 606-0141
PO Box 2221, 112 E High St, Jefferson City, MO, 65101,
1) Aligned
3) American Institute of Architects of Missouri
4) Associated Industries of Missouri
8) Gateway Coalition of Service Providers
9) Kansas City Chiefs Football Club
10) Missouri Appraisers Advisory Council
11) Missouri Association of Counties
12) Missouri Association of School Psychologists
15) Missouri Railroad Association
16) Missouri Rural Water Association
17) Missouri State Alliance of YMCAs
18) Missouri State Medical Association
19) Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
20) Sanofi US
21) School Social Workers Association of Missouri
23) Special School District of St. Louis County
24) St. Joseph Area Legislative Coalition
27) Trent Watson
(314) 884-0570
710a Soulard Street, Saint Louis, MO, 63104,
1) Active and Retired Missouri State Employees (ARMSE)
2) Aligned
5) Binti, Inc.
7) Central States Water Resources
10) Draiver
15) Missouri Chapter of The American Academy of Pediatrics
16) Missouri Council on Economic Education
17) Missouri Psychological Association
18) mLogica
19) MoCann Trade
20) National Law Enforcement Training Center
21) Osage Nation
24) Strategic Capitol Consulting LLC