James Maley

Jim Maley heads up the law firm of Maley & Associates, a law firm with over twenty five years of experience representing private and public entities in economic development and land use projects, and is an experienced trial attorney. His redevelopment work has been recognized with an Achievement in Planning Award from the New Jersey Planning Association. Since 1996, Jim Maley has served as the Mayor of the Borough of Collingswood, where he has held elected office since 1989. During his tenure as Mayor, the Borough has a series of redevelopment successes in commercial and residential projects. In 2011, Forbes magazine named Collingswood one of the 10 Most Transformed Communities in America. The Borough's latest success is a transit-oriented downtown mixed-use development– the Lumberyard – being developed by the Borough that was awarded a Smart Growth Award for Downtown Redevelopment from New Jersey Future and an award from the American Planning Association. The Borough's downtown has been named one of the Great Places in America by the American Planning Association - the first place in New Jersey to receive the distinction - and Collingswood's Farmer's Market has been named America's Favorite Farmers Market by the American Farmland Trust.