(Full Disclosure: The staff of Reentry Central has worked with Jeff Grant on various projects regarding successful community reintegration in Connecticut.)
From Reuters:
When lawyers through greed or hubris or desperation become white-collar criminals - sent to prison and disbarred - their stories often feel like car crashes. We gape at the wreckage of their lives and move on.
But what happens afterwards, once they’ve done their time? How do they pick up the pieces?
Jeffrey Grant found a path to redemption. Seventeen years after he pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining $247,000 through a 9/11 disaster relief loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York earlier this month reinstated his law license.
“I’m beyond excited, but I also take the responsibility very seriously,” he told me. “I’m really grateful for a second chance.”
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