410-268-0990
15 School Street, Suite 300, Annapolis, MD, 21401,
Robyn Elliott is one of the most effective health care advocates in Maryland. She has helped clients realize cutting-edge policy achievements, often leading Maryland to become the first state in the country to implement innovative health care access policies. She is also an expert in the State budget process, and she has supported clients in leading successful funding initiatives.
1) American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists
2) Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
3) Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition
4) CareForth
5) Chase Brexton Health System
8) Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants, Inc. (MDAPA)
9) Maryland Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwive
12) Maryland Community Health System
13) Maryland Dental Action Coalition
14) Maryland Legal Services Corporation
15) Maryland Naturopathic Doctors Association
16) Maryland Occupational Therapy Association
17) Maryland School Counselor Association
18) Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.
19) Moveable Feast
15-20 years
Charlotte Ellertson Innovation Award - American Society for Emergency Contraception
Choice Advocate Award - NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland
"Locking Down Our Patient's Privacy" - Planned Parenthood of Maryland
Advocate of the Year - Maryland Women's Coalition for Health Care Reform
Innovator of the Year - The Daily Record
Former Director of Governmental Affairs - Maryland State Department of Health
With over 20 years in the policy advocacy field, Robyn S. Elliott has been a strong and successful advocate for community health providers primarily focused on ensuring increasing funding for health services, expanding health benefits, and ensuring that the regulatory environment allows providers to operate efficiently and effectively. Prior to this, Robyn worked for both the legislative and executive branches, where she spent almost ten years advocating for health care funding and policy priorities within State government. This included three years as the Director of Governmental Affairs for the Maryland Department of Health, where she was responsible for the broadest legislative package of any State agency; and two years in the Department as an advisor to the Secretary and Chief Financial Officer on how to advocate for funding priorities. Before her tenure at the Department of Health, Robyn worked with the Maryland General Assembly for three years as a budget analyst. She was responsible for advising the legislature about the budgets and policies of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Department of Aging. Robyn came to the General Assembly with several years of experience in health care finance, where she managed the budget for a State cancer-screening grant program and oversaw the budget process for a large hospital department. She has a master's degree in health care administration from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
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) Associated Builders & Contractors
4) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
5) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
7) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
8) Benchmark Education Company
9) Benevis, LLC
10) CFG Bank Arena
11) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
12) Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee
13) DoorDash, Inc.
16) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
18) Family Tree, The
19) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
20) Greater Baltimore Committee
21) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
23) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
24) Johns Hopkins
26) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
30) Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC
31) Mariner Finance
32) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
33) Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association
34) Maryland Land Title Association
35) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
38) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
39) Maryland State's Attorneys' Association
40) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
44) Mid Atlantic Floor Covering Association, Inc.
45) Noresco
46) Norfolk Southern Corporation
47) P3 Group, The
48) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
49) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
50) PRA Group, Inc.
52) RealPage, Inc.
53) RELX Group
55) Sharps Medical Waste Services
57) Southern Management Companies
59) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
63) Turo, Inc.
64) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
65) US Oncology
66) Vaughn Greene Funeral Home
68) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
69) Visit Baltimore
71) Washington Psychiatric Society
20+ years
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.
3) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
5) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
7) Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
9) Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)
11) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
12) Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
14) LifeSpan Network
15) Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS)
15-20 years
443-923-2667
707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205,
410-366-1500
2423 Maryland Avenue, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21218,
1) AbbVie Inc.
3) Associated Builders & Contractors
4) Association of Independent Midwives of Maryland (AIMM)
5) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
6) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
8) Benchmark Education Company
9) Benevis, LLC
10) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
11) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
12) DoorDash, Inc.
15) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
17) Family Tree, The
18) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
19) Greater Baltimore Committee
20) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
22) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
23) Johns Hopkins
25) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
28) Mariner Finance
29) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
32) Maryland Land Title Association
33) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
34) Maryland Oncology Hematology, P.A.
35) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
36) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
38) National Association of Professional Employment Organizations
39) Noresco
40) Norfolk Southern Corporation
41) P3 Group, The
42) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
43) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
45) Rapid Financial Services, LLC
46) RELX Group
48) Sharps Medical Waste Services
50) Southern Management Companies
52) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
54) Turo, Inc.
55) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
56) US Oncology
57) Vaughn Greene Funeral Home
59) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
60) Visit Baltimore
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1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 590 West, Washington, DC, 20005,