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Jeffrey Grant
File:Jeffrey D. Grant.jpg
OccupationLawyer
Years active1981 –
Websitehttps://grantlaw.com/

Jeffrey (Jeff) D. Grant, Esq. is an American lawyer and minister who went to prison for loan fraud. After prison, he co-founded Progressive Prison Ministries and the White Collar Support Group, a support group serving those navigating the white-collar criminal justice system and their families.

Biography

Grant attended SUNY Brockport, graduating in 1978, followed by New York Law School, from which he graduated in 1981.

Career and Conviction

Grant practiced law in New York City and then Westchester County, NY. During a 10-year addiction to prescription opioids, in 2001 Grant made false statements on a SBA EIDL loan application and was later convicted for SBA loan fraud. Grant was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. Grant was incarcerated at Allenwood Low Security Correctional Facility in White Deer, Pennsylvania.

Post-Incarceration

After serving time in federal prison (2006 – 2007), Grant earned a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, focusing on Christian social ethics. After graduating in 2012, Grant served at the First Baptist Church of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT as Associate Minister and Director of Prison Ministries.

In 2013, Grant, along with his wife Lynn Springer, co-founded Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc., a 503(c)(3) devoted to white-collar criminals navigating the justice system and their families. The non-profit hosts a weekly White Collar Support Group meeting and in 2024 hosted its first White Collar Conference.

On May 5, 2021, Grant’s law license was reinstated by the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Grant is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Grant has served on criminal justice-related Boards such as the Legal Action Center (New York, NY), Family ReEntry, and Community Partners in Action (formerly the Connecticut Prison Association, Hartford, CT). From 2016 – 2019, Jeff served as Executive Director of Family ReEntry, Inc. (Bridgeport, CT), a Connecticut criminal justice organization.

Publications

Grant has appeared in various media such as Entrepreneur, Bloomberg Law, Forbes, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and the Rich Roll Podcast as a source on topics including addiction, COVID-19-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)/SBA loan fraud, funding for post-incarceration social services, reentry, and how white-collar criminals can navigate living in prison.

Grant wrote a chapter in the book Suicide and Its Impact on the Criminal Justice System (2021), published by the American Bar Association. He was featured in the books Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury by Evan Osnos and Trusted White Collar Offenders: Global Case Studies of Crime Convenience, published by academic publisher Springer International.

References

  1. Osnos, Evan (2021-08-23). "Life After White-Collar Crime". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
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  17. Grant, Jeff (2021-09-07). "I'm a Lawyer and Entrepreneur Who Went to Prison for 14 Months. Here Are 9 Tips for Hiring a White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
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