Jonathan Seth Shurberg (March 27, 1963 – July 20, 2017) was a Maryland-based American attorney, community advocate, and 2014 Democratic Party candidate for state delegate.

After graduating from Georgetown in 1985 with a degree in International Politics, Shurberg worked as a paralegal for several years before matriculating to the Washington College of Law at American University.

Also in 2006, Shurberg provided pro-bono legal assistance to thirty families facing eviction in the Takoma Park Sligo View Apartment Building.

[4] In 2008, Shurberg worked with Equality Maryland to successfully defend Montgomery County citizens against challenges to a gender identity nondiscrimination statute passed earlier in the year.

The combined efforts of Shurberg and local LGBT organizations, including the National Center for Transgender Equality, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Lambda Legal, and Human Rights Campaign protected the statute, and would set the precedent for the 2014 passage of the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, a law that amended the state's nondiscrimination statute to include gender identity.

[7] Later in that year, he also represented Maryland delegates Karen S. Montgomery and Ariana Kelly in the absentee/provisional canvass, following narrow victories in their respective primary elections.

In 2004, Shurberg served as a volunteer election protection attorney for the John Kerry for President campaign, and worked in the battleground state of Ohio.

Thanks to his efforts, the bill was referred back to the election law subcommittee, the unconstitutional provisions were removed, and hundreds of thousands of Maryland voters were saved from potential disenfranchisement.

In April, The Gazette wrote that Shurberg and the other endorsees "built reputations of substantive achievement, and offer the best potential for effective state representation"[2] In March 2015, shortly after Senator Barbara Mikulski announced that she would not be seeking re-election to the United States Senate, Shurberg created Maryland Scramble, a political blog with a special focus on Maryland politics.

[13] Despite her illness, Lord was active in local politics, earned a PhD in Latin American history at the University of Maryland, and sat on the board of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C Action Fund (PPMWAF).