Subjects: All Subjects

Clients

1) 3M Company

2) AT&T Services, Inc

3) Bay State Wind LLC

4) Cashman Companies

5) City of New Britain

6) City of Stamford

7) CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

8) Cloud 10smartwash

9) Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc.

10) ConnectiCare, Inc.

11) Connecticut Franchisees Association

12) Connecticut Institute For Communities, Inc.

13) Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association

14) CT Association of Prosecutors

15) CT Auto Recyclers Assoc.

16) CT Food Assoc

17) CT Water Service, Inc.

18) Curaleaf, LLC

19) Easterseals - Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut

20) Eversource

21) Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston

22) Fuel Cell Energy, Inc.

23) Hartford HealthCare

24) Home Builders & Remodelers Assoc of CT

25) Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company

26) Joseph C. Sansone Company

27) Kiewit Infrastructure Co.

28) Linde Inc.

29) Maximus, Inc

30) Murphy Road, LLC

31) Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

32) NBC Universal

33) Norwich Public Utilities

34) Operating Engineers Union

35) Pepsico

36) Protech Solutions

37) Research Park Properties, Inc.

38) South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority

39) The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

40) The Nassau Companies of New York

41) The Standard at Four Corners, LLC

42) Tilcon, Inc.

43) Transportation General

44) Waterfront Enterprises, LLC

45) Winn Development Corporation

46) Workforce Partners, LLC

47) World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC (WWE)

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

20+ years

Biography

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.

Last Updated: March 19, 2024