Malcolm Ruff
Malcolm Peter Ruff (born April 18, 1984) is an American politician and attorney who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 41 since 2023. Ruff is a member of the Democratic Party as well as an associate with the law firm Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, which is managed by prominent civil rights attorney Billy Murphy Jr. He has been described as a protégé of Murphy. Early life and education Ruff was born in Baltimore on April 18, 1984. He grew up in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore, and spent his summers on a small family-owned farm in Harford County, Maryland. Ruff graduated from the Gilman School in 2002, where he was considered a track and football standout. He later attended Duke University, where he played for the Duke Blue Devils football team and earned a bachelor's degree in African and African American studies in 2006. Ruff later attended the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he earned a Juris Doctor degree in 2012. While at the University of Baltimore, he was one of only six students nationwide selected for the NAACP-Kellogg's Law Fellow program. Legal career Ruff has been a member of