James S. Maloney

Principal

Hagerstown, MD Office
Suite 302
1219 Mount Aetna Road
Hagerstown MD, 21742-6550
410.963.9628
301.739.9316
Martinsburg, WV Office
142 N. Queen Street
Martinsburg WV, 25401
304.433.8820
301.739.9316
About
Credentials
Affiliations & Achievements

Experience

Mr. Maloney is a Principal in the Firm’s Workers’ Compensation, Employers’ Liability Practice Groups, and managing partner of the Firm’s Hagerstown, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia offices. In this capacity, he represents employers, their insurers, self-insured entities and third-party administrators in litigation matters before the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission and at the appellate level before Maryland’s circuit courts.

He also has experience defending claims before the District of Columbia’s Office of Workers’ Compensation and Office of Hearings and Adjudications.

Finally, Mr. Maloney also represents employers and insurers in workers’ compensation matters arising in West Virginia and Pennsylvania from the Firm’s western Maryland office.

Admitted

  • 2022, Pennsylvania
  • 2009, U.S. District Court, Maryland
  • 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
  • 2008, West Virginia
  • 2006, District of Columbia
  • 2004, Maryland

Education

  • Villanova University (B.S., 1999)
  • University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., 2004)

Affiliations & Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Bar Association for Baltimore City
  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Washington County, Maryland Chapter Habitat for Humanity, Former Board Member

Special Achievements & Honors

  • Maryland Super Lawyers®: 2019 – 2021
  • Maryland Rising Stars®: 2014 – 2017
  • Recipient, Mount Royal Academic Scholarship