How a lawyer who went to prison for 9/11-related fraud got his law license back and became an ordained minister along the way
After nearly two decades without practicing, Jeff Grant got his law license back this May.He then went to seminary and opened a ministry serving white-collar defendants.
And after the attacks on September 11, 2001, he lied about his office location on an application for a low-interest Small Business Administration loan. He wrote that he had a satellite office just a few blocks from ground zero, but he had only an agreement with another firm in that building to use a conference room, which he had never used. He received a $247,000 loan and used it to cover personal credit cards, which he said were used to keep his firm afloat, and other personal expenses.
In 2013, he and his wife founded Progressive Prison Ministries in Greenwich, Connecticut. He says it's the world's first ministry helping people prosecuted for white-collar crimes. His work came to include mentoring, career counseling, and spiritual support.He said that while he loved doing"the good work," it could get frustrating. The people Grant ministered to always had legal questions, he said, but he was barred from giving legal advice.
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