Sean R. Malone is renowned as a complex problem solver and viewed as a savvy and passionate advocate before all three branches of Maryland government. He is also a highly respected attorney representing clients with public policy, legal, government and labor related problems.
Throughout the course of his 22+ year legal career, Malone has enjoyed significant and numerous victories in the courtroom, at the negotiation table and in the halls of state and local government. Malone was a member of the trial team that secured the high-profile acquittal of a wrongly accused Baltimore City police officer at both the criminal and administrative levels, negotiated labor contracts for both Democrat and Republican elected officials in Baltimore County, Howard, Harford, and Anne Arundel Counties, Newark and Dover, Delaware, successfully tried arbitration cases on behalf of Anne Arundel County, worked with a team to defeat legislation designed to remove the historic Preakness Stakes from Baltimore, and was a vital member of the negotiating team on the Sagamore Development Company's successful effort to obtain $535 million in tax increment financing from Baltimore City.
Malone was named a 'Maryland Influencer' by Campaigns & Elections Magazine for his work around the state and for the past 12 years and has ranked among Maryland's most prominent lobbyists. Before joining HJM, Malone had a prolific career in public service working as: the Deputy Legislative Officer in the Governor's Office of Legislative Affairs; the State's Chief Labor Negotiator; the Labor Commissioner for Baltimore City; and a member of the command staff for the Baltimore Police Department serving as the Department's Chief Legal Counsel and Chief of Professional Standards. Malone has successfully litigated cases before administrative trial boards, arbitrators, the Baltimore Circuit Court, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals. Malone honed his litigation skills as an Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore County after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
1) AFT-Maryland
3) Article IV
6) Associated Builders & Contractors
7) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
9) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
10) Benevis, LLC
11) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
12) DoorDash, Inc.
13) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
14) Greater Baltimore Committee
15) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
17) Hudson Group (HG) Retail, LLC
18) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
19) Johns Hopkins
22) Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC
23) MAG Partners
25) Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association
26) Maryland Land Title Association
27) Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc.
28) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
29) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
30) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
34) OVG Facilities
35) P3 Group, The
36) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
37) Philip Morris International
38) Sharps Medical Waste Services
40) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
43) Turo, Inc.
45) Visit Baltimore
46) Walmart Inc.
15-20 years
I will be a tireless advocate for my clients and work as hard as possible to help them accomplish their goals.
4) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
5) Calpine Energy Solutions LLC
6) CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
7) Clean Fuels Alliance America
9) CVS Health
10) FanDuel, Inc.
11) InComm Payments
14) Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
15) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
16) Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
17) Mayor and City of Baltimore, The
19) National Association of Ticket Brokers
20) National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
22) Solar Landscape
24) Sunoco L.P.
Jason is a member of the Firm's Government Relations Team, bringing more than 10 years of outstanding experience working with officials in Maryland government.
Prior to joining the Firm, Jason served as a trusted, strategic advisor to Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and to her predecessor, Speaker Michael E. Busch, with whom he developed a deep understanding of the legislative process at the highest level.
Serving as Senior Legislative Counsel from 2012 to 2020, Jason worked with the Speaker and House of Delegates' leadership on a broad array of complex and substantive legislation, with a focus on tax, gaming, procurement, energy, business and economic development issues. He was one of a select few staff that helped manage legislation on the floor of the House.
Jason is known for his thoughtful approach to solving complicated legislative issues and maintains strong relationships among the legislative and executive branches of government. He has worked closely with trade associations of banks, residential rental property owners, thoroughbred horsemen, builders, insurers, and energy, health care and cannabis companies.
Over the years, Jason has provided strategic legal and political advice on a number of high-profile pieces of legislation, including the Racing and Community Development Act of 2020 and multiple statewide frameworks for gaming expansion. He has drafted significant portions of the tax code and has a deep understanding of the State's business tax credit and incentive programs. In his role as Senior Legislative Counsel, Jason worked closely with legislative leadership and their staffs, while maintaining close working relationships with senior staff in the Senate of Maryland and Governor's Office, as well.
Prior to joining the Speaker's staff, Jason spent four years working as a nonpartisan attorney for the Department of Legislative Services, including two as Counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Jason is admitted to the Maryland Bar.
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) Article IV
7) Associated Builders & Contractors
8) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
9) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
10) Baltimore Industrial Group
11) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
12) Benevis, LLC
13) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
14) Cloudforce
15) Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee
16) DoorDash, Inc.
18) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates
19) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
21) Everyman Theatre
22) Family Tree, The
23) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
24) Greater Baltimore Committee
25) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
27) Hudson Group (HG) Retail, LLC
28) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
29) James K. Davis
30) Johns Hopkins
32) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
34) Mariner Finance
35) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
36) Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association
39) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
40) Maryland Oncology Hematology, P.A.
41) Maryland Psychiatric Society
42) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
43) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
47) Noresco
48) Norfolk Southern Corporation
49) Omnilert
50) Orijin
51) OVG Facilities
52) P3 Group, The
53) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
54) Philip Morris International
56) Rapid Financial Services, LLC
57) RELX Group
58) Replica, Inc.
60) Sharps Medical Waste Services
63) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
66) Turo, Inc.
67) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
68) US Oncology
70) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
71) Visit Baltimore
73) Washington Psychiatric Society
20+ years
I am available to my clients 24/7. No one will work harder than I do to achieve our clients' goals.
4) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
5) Calpine Energy Solutions LLC
6) CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
7) Clean Fuels Alliance America
9) CVS Health
10) FanDuel, Inc.
11) InComm Payments
14) Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association
15) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
16) Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
17) Mayor and City of Baltimore, The
19) National Association of Ticket Brokers
20) National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
22) Solar Landscape
24) Sunoco L.P.
AV Preeminent rating in Martindale-Hubbell
Named Baltimore's "Lawyer of the Year" in Government Relations Law by Best Lawyers in America, 2015 and 2022
Named to The Best Lawyers in America for Government Relations since 2009
Bob is one of Maryland's best known lobbyists and concentrates his practice in the area of government relations. He is general counsel to the Maryland Bankers Association and is Maryland local counsel to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. He is closely involved in legislative and regulatory issues affecting banks, health care organizations and insurance-related entities. Bob also represents a wide range of other business interests before the Maryland General Assembly and State and local government agencies, including transportation companies, manufacturers, insurance companies, and associations of landlords, debt collectors and horsemen.
Bob represents clients in their dealings with State and local government legislative and regulatory bodies, including cases involving administrative hearings at all levels, with an emphasis on the resolution of issues before the Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Bob's longstanding relationships formed through years of hard work with government officials throughout Maryland allow him to achieve unparalleled success for his clients. In an article on Maryland lobbyists, The Gazette newspaper said, "Enten is consistently in the top tier of Annapolis lobbyists. He is known for his relentless advocacy serving a broad client portfolio."
After Bob was named by Best Lawyers of America as the 2022 "Lawyer of the Year" in Government Relations Law in Baltimore, Center Maryland in its podcast titled "The Lobby" featured Bob and his successful, decades-long career in state politics.
Thomas Tompsett, Jr. is a seasoned trial attorney and registered lobbyist who joined Harris Jones & Malone in the spring of 2017. Tompsett's reputation for honesty, coupled with a fiery competitive spirit, has made him a successful and respected attorney and advocate. Since joining HJM, Tompsett has been deeply engaged in a spectrum of public policy matters, which include, but are not limited to, business regulation and taxation, transportation, mental health, laboratory testing, domestic violence, construction law, land use and zoning, real property, and public education. As a lobbyist, Tompsett strives not only to shape sensible policy for his clients but to assist them in raising their profiles both in Annapolis and throughout the State of Maryland.
Tompsett also maintains a boutique criminal defense and administrative law practice with a manageable caseload to give the legal matters of his clients the meaningful attention they deserve. Tompsett's criminal practice areas include misdemeanor and felony charges such as driving under the influence (DUI), driving while impaired (DWI), theft, assault, controlled dangerous substance (CDS) distribution and/or possession, white-collar crimes, and homicides in every county in the State of Maryland. Analytical, yet conversational, Tompsett can convey complex legal theories in straightforward, relatable terms. For all these reasons, Tompsett is a crucial complement to Harris Jones & Malone's team of skilled and highly respected advocates.
1) AFT-Maryland
2) Article IV
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) Cloudforce
10) Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee
11) DoorDash, Inc.
13) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates
15) Greater Baltimore Committee
16) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
19) Housing Opportunity Commission
21) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
22) James K. Davis
23) Johns Hopkins
25) Mariner Finance
27) Maryland Land Title Association
28) Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc.
29) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
30) Maryland Psychiatric Society
31) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
34) Mid Atlantic Floor Covering Association, Inc.
35) Noresco
36) Norfolk Southern Corporation
37) Omnilert
38) Philip Morris International
40) RELX Group
41) Sharps Medical Waste Services
43) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
45) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
47) Visit Baltimore
49) Washington Psychiatric Society
11-15 years
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2) Article IV
4) Associated Builders & Contractors
5) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
7) Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
8) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
9) Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee
10) DoorDash, Inc.
12) Employ Prince George's, Inc.
13) Family Tree, The
14) Greater Baltimore Committee
15) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
17) Housing Opportunity Commission
18) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
19) James K. Davis
20) Johns Hopkins
22) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
24) Mariner Finance
25) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
28) Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc.
29) Maryland Multi-Housing Association
30) Maryland Psychiatric Society
31) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
32) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
36) Mid Atlantic Floor Covering Association, Inc.
37) Noresco
38) Omnilert
39) Orijin
40) OVG Facilities
41) P3 Group, The
42) Philip Morris International
44) Rapid Financial Services, LLC
45) RELX Group
47) Reveal Real Estate Management, LLC
50) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
52) Washington Psychiatric Society