... more » Birth Date: March 13, 1958
Education: Harvard University, BA Urban Studies; Harvard University, MPP Public Policy; Harvard University, JD Law
Alan Grayson was born in New York, N.Y., and lives in Orlando. He received a bachelor's, master's and law degree, all from Harvard University. After earning his law degree, Grayson worked as judge's assistant in the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
He later started IDT Corp., a telephone services company that he sold and used his earnings to invest in several other small companies. He is also a partner in Grayson & Kubli, an Orlando law firm representing more than 300 clients. He is a multi-millionaire.
Grayson and his wife, Lolita, have five children.
Alan Grayson has made a name for himself by filing whistle blower lawsuits against Iraqi War contractors. Among notable cases, he helped win the first civil verdict for Iraq reconstruction fraud when he sued Custer Battles in 2004, alleging the now defunct company bilked the federal government out of tens of millions of dollars by filing fake invoices and padding other bills. A jury awarded a $10 million judgment against the company.
His political ads have highlighted his fight against fraud in the Iraq reconstruction. In one ad he stands in an airplane hanger behind a briefcase he says is filled with $1 million, telling viewers that the amount of money lost to fraud and waste in Iraq could fill the entire hanger.
Known for having a brash confidence, Alan Grayson finished a distant second to Charlie Stuart in the Democratic primary for the same seat in 2006. In 2008, he got a later start than Stuart, but pumped $1 million of his own money into the race and soundly won the rematch ahead of Stuart and three other candidates. « less
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Harvard University
Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA
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Peter Schiff
Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
Stephen Greenberg
Sports executive
Mike McKay
Lobbyist and Former Meeks LA
Donald Sussman
Managed Paloma Partners hedge fund
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Alan Grayson
US Representative from Florida
Bill Nelson
US Senator and Representative from Florida
Richard Burr
US Senator and Representative from North Carolina
Corrine Brown
US Representative from Florida
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US Senator from Massachusetts
Barack Obama
President of the United States
