About Aaron DeGraffenreidt

Aaron DeGraffenreidt serves as General Counsel to the Baltimore City Council. He has worked in that capacity since January 2021. His is responsible for advising and counseling all City Council members and their staffs on the legal matters that come before the Council. This includes questions of constitutionality of legislation, State law authorities, contracts and the items the Council President handles as the Chair of the Board of Estimates.

Prior to working in this office, Aaron was an Assistant Solicitor in the Baltimore City Law Department. He represented Baltimore City agencies including the Department of Housing, Community Development, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, and the Department of Planning. He also worked for the Affirmative Litigation group where he investigated potential legal action against corporations who harmed Baltimore City and its residents.

Outside of his work for the government, Aaron has been an active member with local, state and national bar associations. He is a Past President and Lifetime Member of Monumental City Bar Association, the oldest minority bar association in Maryland. He also received the 2021 Maryland State Bar Foundation Edward F. Shea, Jr. Professionalism Award and served as Co-Chair for the Bar Association of Baltimore City’s Government/Public Interest Lawyers Committee from 2022-2025.

Aaron is a graduate of Loyola Blakefield High School and Bucknell University where he earned All-Patriot League honors on the football field and studied French, Political Science, and Classical Studies. Aaron and his wife, Brenda Badger, met as United States Peace Corps Volunteers in Morocco in 2007. They live with their ten year old daughter and seven year old son in North Baltimore City.