Advocates

Senator John A. Grant, Jr.

Former Senator John Grant first came to Tallahassee in 1965, where he worked in the Institute of Governmental Research at Florida State University. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in government and political science and a Juris Doctorate degree, as well as two honorary doctorates. He has worked in state and local government in city management and was appointed to a position in the US Department of Education by President Ronald Reagan.

First elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1980 and then to the Florida Senate in 1986, he has served with six Florida governors through twenty-one years as a member of the Florida legislature, where he chaired seven standing and numerous select committees. He has also served on the faculties of The University of Tampa, Hillsborough Community College and the University of South Florida, teaching law, government and politics. Over the years, he has received many legislative awards and has been selected as “legislator of the year” by numerous organizations. As a Senator, he created the Office of Statewide Public Guardian and after serving in the Senate became its first Executive Director under appointment by Governor Jeb Bush. While serving in the House and Senate, he authored more than five hundred bills that became law.

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Our advocates provide some of the most experienced and well-connected individuals in Tallahassee, including former members of the legislature, committee chairs, key staff veterans and advocates.

Our advocates can open most any legislative or executive door for our clients and successfully advocate their needs and position to those whose decisions will impact the business and lives of our valued clientele.

As your Florida Capitol Advocates, we will work until our clients’ mission is accomplished, whether that requires protecting our clients from adverse actions of government or leveraging government opportunities for the benefit of our clients. When clients retain Florida Capitol Advocates as their lobbying team, they know that someone is watching out for their interests in both Tallahassee and Washington. We advocate for our clients before legislative bodies and administrative agencies by providing professional assistance and expertise in: 

  • Monitoring legislative action and administrative rule-making and alerting our clients when actions need to be taken to protect their interests.
  • Government risk management for business and industry by identifying our clients’ legislative and executive branch needs, as well as areas of vulnerability.
  • Development of business-government strategy plans.
  • State and Federal governmental coordination.
  • Providing access for our clients to legislative and administrative decision makers in Tallahassee and Washington D.C.
  • Establishing, improving and maintaining relationships for our clients with administrative agencies that affect their business.
  • Proactive action plans for both legislative and executive branches.
  • Designing lobby plans and assembling lobby teams to target desired legislative results.
  • Political and campaign consulting.
  • Training our clients and their employees to do effective lobbying at the grassroots level, believing that the best lobbyists are those closest to home.