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Adelberg, Rudow's Jay Lenrow Installed as JHU Alumni Council President
Accomplished attorney has a long-standing affiliation with the University

Baltimore– Jay L. Lenrow, Esq., who is Of Counsel to the law firm of Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler, LLC, has begun serving a two-year term as president of the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Council.
“I am thrilled to take on the challenge of leading the Council, which organized more than 500 alumni events in 17 countries around the world last year,” Lenrow said. “My goal is to make sure that everyone connected to Johns Hopkins from the first day they set foot on campus and throughout their careers helps celebrate the greatness of this institution.”
Lenrow began his long-time affiliation with Johns Hopkins as an undergraduate. After earning a bachelor’s degree in International Relations, he later attended the university’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He recently completed terms on the board of advisors for both the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Johns Hopkins Hillel, and continues to serve on the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees. In November, he led a JHU alumni contingent on an educational mission to Cuba with Professor Gianfranco Pasquino from the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center in Italy.
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As an attorney, Lenrow focuses his practice on real estate law, corporate law, construction law and real estate finance. He joined Adelberg, Rudow in 2012, after serving as a principal in Lenrow, Kohn & Oliver, P.C., the firm he co-founded in 1995.
A former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland and former vice chairman of the Maryland Commission on Landlord-Tenant Law Reform, Lenrow also was associate general counsel for McCormick Properties, Inc. and vice president/general counsel of Combined Properties, Inc. He received a J.D. from the Washington College of Law at the American University.
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In addition to his leadership with Johns Hopkins, Lenrow has served as the northeast region executive vice president for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and a member of its National Religious Relationships Task Force. He previously chaired the BSA’s Baltimore Area Council and National Jewish Committee on Scouting,
A past board member and volunteer legal advisor for Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc., Lenrow was the second recipient of the organization’s Elizabeth M. Shipley Volunteer of the Year Award. He also served as the board of trustees’ legal advisor for Friends of the Jewish Chapel of the United States Naval Academy, Inc.; development committee chairman and board member for Roland Park Country School; Annual Appeal chairman for Krieger Schechter Day School, and Annual Fund chairman and board member for Chizuk Amuno Congregation.
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