Caitlin E. McDonough is an attorney and registered lobbyist with over 16 years of experience in Annapolis, working with the Maryland General Assembly and several administrations. Since joining the HJM team in 2012, she has advocated passionately on an array of issues, particularly the development and implementation of fair and reasonable regulatory schemes for new, innovative technologies and business models. McDonough represents a variety of significant industry players, including major pharmaceutical manufacturers, telecommunication and energy service providers, financial institutions, and health and property insurers.
1) AbbVie Inc.
3) Article IV
6) Associated Builders & Contractors
7) Association of Independent Midwives of Maryland (AIMM)
8) Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC
9) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
10) Benevis, LLC
11) Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
12) Cloudforce
13) DoorDash, Inc.
15) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates
18) Family Tree, The
19) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
20) Greater Baltimore Committee
21) Harris Jones & Malone, LLC
22) Housing Opportunity Commission
23) Hudson Group (HG) Retail, LLC
24) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service
25) James K. Davis
26) Johns Hopkins
28) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
30) Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS)
33) Maryland Families for Safe Birth
34) Maryland Land Title Association
35) Maryland Oncology Hematology, P.A.
36) Maryland Ready Mix Concrete Association
37) Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, The
39) National Association of Professional Employment Organizations
40) Noresco
41) Orijin
42) P3 Group, The
43) Penn National Gaming, Inc.
44) Philip Morris International
46) Rapid Financial Services, LLC
47) RELX Group
48) Replica, Inc.
50) Sharps Medical Waste Services
53) Stella May Contracting, Inc.
55) Turo, Inc.
56) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.
57) US Oncology
59) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
60) Visit Baltimore
15-20 years
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