410-382-2193
54 State Circle, Annapolis, MD, 21401,
Subjects: Agencies/Regulations, Alcohol, Appropriations/Budgets, Business/Commerce, Cannabis/Drug Legalization, City/County Government, Corrections/Criminal Justice, Energy/Utilities, Environment/Recycling, Food/Restaurants, Gaming, Health Care, Non-Profit, Planning/Land Use/Zoning, Public Safety, Public Sector, Retail, RFP/Procurement, Science/Technology, Telecommunications, Tobacco, Transportation/Vehicles
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Registered lobbyist and practicing attorney with more than 16 years of combined private and public sector experience with a core focus on business and regulatory matters.
3) Allegis, Redwood, Maxim Public Affairs, LLC
6) Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC
7) Association of Dental Support Organizations
8) AT&T
9) Beatty Development Group LLC
10) Branches LLC
12) Cisco
13) Concentra
14) Cresco Labs
16) Dynamic Pharmaceutical Consulting, LLC
17) Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
18) Ernst & Young
19) Gas Guide
20) GCOM
27) Greenvest
32) International Sleep Products Association
34) Kilimanjaro Road Partners, LLC
35) Konterra Realty
36) Maryland State Licensed Beverage Association Prince George's Chapter
38) Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce
39) Procter & Gamble
40) Public Service Enterprise Group
42) Rock Creek Foundation, The
43) Sheetz, Inc.
46) Sun Service LLC
47) Teradata Government Systems LLC
49) US Wind, Inc.
50) W.R. Grace & Co.
51) Washington Gas
11-15 years
1st Vice President, Maryland Government Relations Association
Former General Counsel, Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation
Former General Counsel, Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Pounds is an accomplished attorney and lobbyist with sixteen years of legal experience and served as General Counsel for government, quasi-government entities, boards & commissions, and businesses. After seven years in Prince George's as a senior campaign and transition staff member, an associate county attorney, and then General Counsel to the Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation, Pounds served six years as a partner and senior counsel in two prominent Maryland law firms. He represents clients in municipal and cannabis law, alcoholic beverage licensing; land use and zoning; business transactions, and government relations. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, and received his Juris Doctor, with honors, at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Pounds is active in his community and serves on several boards, including the Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland Government Relations Association. He lives in Bowie with his wife and two children.