John J. Lovejoy

Associate jjlovejoy@shapirosher.com
36 South Charles Street
Suite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21201-3147
Telephone: 410.385.4204
Facsimile: 410.539.7611


John Lovejoy is an associate in the Firm’s litigation department. He concentrates on civil litigation, including commercial disputes, the prosecution and defense of tort claims, and appeals. Prior to joining Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Ellen L. Hollander of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (2007-2008 Term).

Mr. Lovejoy recently graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board and served as Manuscripts Editor of the Maryland Law Review. In his final year of law school, he worked as a student attorney for his law school’s immigration clinic, representing asylum-seekers and other individuals in immigration proceedings before the Immigration Court and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). He has also worked as an intern in the Criminal Appeals Division of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General.

Mr. Lovejoy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Chicago. He volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and resides in Baltimore.

Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
  • Maryland
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Education
  • University of Chicago (B.A., 2004)
  • University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007)

Affiliations, Achievements and Honors
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Maryland State Bar Association
  • Member, J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court
  • Member, The Order of the Coif
  • Best Oral Argument, University of Maryland School of Law Fall 2005 Moot Court Competition

Publications
  • Young v. State: In Changing How Experts May Present DNA Match Evidence At Criminal Trials, The Court Of Appeals Burdens Prosecutors And Leaves Key Issues Unresolved, 65 MD. L. REV. 1085 (2006)

  • Baltimore Office
    36 South Charles Street
    Suite 2000
    Baltimore, MD 21201
    410.385.0202
  • Washington Office
    300 M Street, S.E.
    Suite 1102
    Washington, D.C. 20003
    202.331.0200