Lisa Harris Jones

( Maryland )

Subjects: All Subjects

Introduction

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.

Clients

1) AbbVie Inc.

2) Aligned Data Centers

3) Article IV

4) AshBritt, Inc.

5) Associated Builders & Contractors

6) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC

7) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

8) Baltimore Industrial Group

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.

17) Earth Funeral Group, Inc.

18) Eastman Chemical Company

19) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates

20) Employ Prince George's, Inc.

21) EPIC Pharmacies, Inc.

22) Family Tree, The

23) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group

24) Greater Baltimore Committee

25) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC

26) Home Depot, Inc., The

27) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service

28) Johns Hopkins

29) Joseph Smith & Sons, Inc.

30) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC

31) Kingdom Fellowship AME Church

32) Literacy Lab, The

33) Mariner Finance

34) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund

35) Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association

36) Maryland Land Title Association

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

43) MCB Property Services Inc

44) McDonald's Corporation

45) Microsoft Corporation

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

53) Quest Diagnostics

54) RELX Group

55) REV Renewables, LLC

56) Sharps Medical Waste Services

57) Smithfield Foods, Inc.

58) Southern Management Companies

59) Southwest Airlines Co.

60) Stella May Contracting, Inc.

61) Stonewall Capital, LLC

62) TCC Software Solutions

63) Town of Centreville

64) Turo, Inc.

65) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.

66) US Oncology

67) Verizon Communications

68) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

69) Visit Baltimore

70) Walmart Stores, Inc.

71) Washington Psychiatric Society

72) Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

20+ years

Last Updated: November 07, 2024