Attorney Profile
Sean R. Malone is a versatile advocate engaged in a very diverse practice. Effective for his clients before all three branches of government, Malone is renowned as a complex problem solver. Malone joined Harris Jones & Malone as a named Member in 2008 and draws on his broad public and private sector experience to provide clients with strategic advice and counsel on a range of legal, labor, and municipal/state government issues. Having served at the highest levels of state and local government, he offers keen political and practical insight on state management policy and operational matters.
Sean R. Malone
Member/Attorney at Law
Sean R. Malone is a versatile advocate engaged in a very diverse practice. Effective for his clients before all three branches of government, Malone is renowned as a complex problem solver. Malone joined Harris Jones & Malone as a named Member in 2008 and draws on his broad public and private sector experience to provide clients with strategic advice and counsel on a range of legal, labor, and municipal/state government issues. Having served at the highest levels of state and local government, he offers keen political and practical insight on state management policy and operational matters.
Sean R. Malone is a versatile advocate engaged in a very diverse practice. Effective for his clients before all three branches of government, Malone is renowned as a complex problem solver. Malone joined Harris Jones & Malone as a named Member in 2008 and draws on his broad public and private sector experience to provide clients with strategic advice and counsel on a range of legal, labor, and municipal/state government issues. Having served at the highest levels of state and local government, he offers keen political and practical insight on state management policy and operational matters.
In recent years, he has successfully represented a variety of business entities on both a state and local level; was a member of the trial team that prevailed at both the criminal and administrative levels in a high-profile police misconduct case of a wrongly accused Baltimore City police officer; successfully negotiated labor contracts in Baltimore, Howard, Harford, and Anne Arundel Counties, Newark and Dover, Delaware; 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 Weller Development Partner’s (formerly Sagamore Development Company) successful effort to obtain $535 million in tax increment financing from the City of Baltimore.
Malone earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary’s College, a Master of Public Administration from Lehigh University (Magna Cum Laude), and a Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law (Magna Cum Laude), where he served on the Law Review. Malone has been a member of the Maryland Bar for 25 years.
Recipient of the Dr. Clayton McNeil Community Leadership Award in 2023 by Philanthropik; Named a ‘Maryland Influencer’ by Campaigns & Elections, Magazine in 2011; University of Baltimore Heuisler Honor Society; Staff, University of Baltimore Law Review; Regional Champion, University of Baltimore ATLA Trial Team; Teaching Assistant, University of Baltimore Legal Research and Writing; and Angelos Academic Scholarship Recipient.
Advisor on Wes Moore Campaign for Governor; Member of the NAACP COVID-19 Awareness team; Member of the Commission to Restore Trust in Policing; Member of the Gun Trace Task Force Legislative Commission (2018 – Present – Speaker’s appointment); and Member of the State Athletic Commission (2011 – 2017 – Governor appointment). Campaign Advisor: Stephanie Rawlings Blake- Mayor 2011, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake 2007, Council President; Martin O’Malley, Governor, 2010, 2006; Martin O’Malley, Mayor 2003, 1999; Martin O’Malley City Council, 1995
Coppin State University Board of Regents; Commissioner, Maryland State Athletic Commission; Maryland Government Relations Association; and Maryland State Bar Association