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.
4) Associated Builders & Contractors
5) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
6) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
8) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
9) Benevis, LLC
10) CFG Bank Arena
11) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
12) Cloudforce
13) Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee
14) DoorDash, Inc.
17) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
19) Family Tree, The
20) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
21) Greater Baltimore Committee
22) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
24) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
25) James K. Davis
26) Johns Hopkins
28) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
31) Kingdom Fellowship AME Church
33) Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC
34) Mariner Finance
35) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
36) Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association
39) Maryland Oncology Hematology, P.A.
40) Maryland Psychiatric Society
41) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
42) Maryland State's Attorneys' Association
43) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
47) Mid Atlantic Floor Covering Association, Inc.
48) Noresco
49) Norfolk Southern Corporation
50) P3 Group, The
51) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
52) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
53) PRA Group, Inc.
55) RealPage, Inc.
56) RELX Group
58) Sharps Medical Waste Services
60) Southern Management Companies
62) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
66) Turo, Inc.
67) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
68) US Oncology
69) Vaughn Greene Funeral Home
71) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
72) Visit Baltimore
74) Washington Psychiatric Society
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Jay F. Malcynsky, Esq., is the co-founder and managing partner of Gaffney, Bennett and Associates, Inc. Jay is also a practicing attorney licensed in Connecticut and Washington, D.C., and is the founder and managing partner of The Law Offices of Jay F. Malcynsky, P.C. In these capacities, Jay has distinguished himself as one of the most knowledgeable, highly respected, and capable professionals in the fields of government relations and political consulting, as well as administrative law. At the state Capitol, clients and legislators frequently call upon Jay's skills in negotiating agreements, forging alliances, and coordinating crisis management. Under his leadership, Gaffney, Bennett and Associates has mounted a record of success unsurpassed in Connecticut.
Jay has been an active and longtime political strategist. Prior to establishing the firm, Jay managed U.S. Congressman Stewart B. McKinney's political campaigns in 1980 and 1982. He also managed the re-election bids of U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Johnson and U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. In 2000, Jay served as campaign manager for Bush for President in Connecticut, and was among the lead attorneys representing the Bush campaign during the Florida recount effort.
He is currently vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, and serves on the Boards of Directors of The UConn Foundation, the Nutmeg State Games, and Connecticut Legal Services.
After graduating from law school, Jay served as a trial attorney in the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. He also served as an attorney for the U.S. House of Representatives.
860-229-0301
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Brendan Fox joined Gaffney, Bennett & Associates in March, 2003 and is a partner in The Law Offices of Jay F. Malcynsky, P.C., an affiliated entity. He provides administrative and legal counsel to many of our firm's clients. Prior to joining the firm, Brendan served as the Executive Director of the Capital City Economic Development Authority, a quasi-public state authority established in July, 1998 to spearhead the development of the "Six Pillars" project in the downtown Hartford area and in surrounding neighborhoods of Hartford. Brendan also served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Legal Counsel to Governor John G. Rowland in his first term.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill. He also is a fellow the American Leadership Forum.
Brendan is a 1986 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, and a 1989 graduate of Western New England Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Upon graduation, he served as Law Clerk to Bankruptcy Judge Robert Krechevsky, and was an associate at the Hartford law firm of Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney.
410-366-1500
2423 Maryland Avenue, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD, 21218,
1) AFT-Maryland
2) Associated Builders & Contractors
3) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
4) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
6) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
7) Benevis, LLC
9) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
10) DoorDash, Inc.
12) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
13) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
14) Greater Baltimore Committee
15) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
18) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
19) Johns Hopkins
21) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
24) Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC
25) Mariner Finance
26) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
29) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
30) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
31) Maryland State's Attorneys' Association
32) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
36) Mid Atlantic Floor Covering Association, Inc.
37) Norfolk Southern Corporation
38) P3 Group, The
39) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
40) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates
41) PRA Group, Inc.
42) RealPage, Inc.
43) Sharps Medical Waste Services
46) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
50) Turo, Inc.
51) Vaughn Greene Funeral Home
53) Visit Baltimore