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) Alterwood Health, Inc.

4) Article IV

5) AshBritt, Inc.

6) Associated Black Charities

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.

17) Eastman Chemical Company

18) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates

19) Employ Prince George's, Inc.

20) EPIC Pharmacies, 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

26) Home Depot, Inc., The

27) Hudson Group (HG) Retail, LLC

28) HWS LLC dba Henry's Wrecker Service

29) James K. Davis

30) Johns Hopkins

31) Joseph Smith & Sons, Inc.

32) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC

33) Literacy Lab, The

34) Mariner Finance

35) Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund

36) Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association

37) Maryland Land Title Association

38) Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc.

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

44) MCB Property Services Inc

45) McDonald's Corporation

46) Microsoft Corporation

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

55) Quest Diagnostics

56) Rapid Financial Services, LLC

57) RELX Group

58) Replica, Inc.

59) REV Renewables, LLC

60) Sharps Medical Waste Services

61) Smithfield Foods, Inc.

62) Southwest Airlines Co.

63) Stella May Contracting, Inc.

64) TCC Software Solutions

65) Town of Centreville

66) Turo, Inc.

67) United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.

68) US Oncology

69) Verizon Communications

70) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

71) Visit Baltimore

72) Walmart Stores, Inc.

73) Washington Psychiatric Society

74) Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.

75) YesCare Corporation

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

20+ years

Last Updated: April 04, 2024