At 65 and standing well under six feet tall, Jim Shea says he often tells people that when he started as a managing partner of Venable LLP, “I was 6’8? and had a full head of hair, and 22 years later, I don’t.”
Beyond his time spent leading what would become Maryland’s largest law firm, Shea has served in various public roles, including as chair of the Board of Regents the University System of Maryland and of multiple nonprofit entities created to serve Baltimoreans. Like all but three of this year’s gubernatorial candidates, the Baltimore attorney has never held elected office before, though he counts that as a strength, saying it gives him a “fresh perspective.”
Throughout his campaign, launched last June, Shea has made a point of calling out screw-ups in Maryland’s transportation infrastructure and taking the the Trump and Hogan administrations to task. Last month, his campaign distinguished itself by announcing City Councilman Brandon Scott as his running mate leading up to the June primary, making his the only one with a Baltimore elected official on the ticket.
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