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Senate legislative counsel exits for job with Lyft

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on May 13, 2015

A longtime attorney for the Senate Legislative Counsel's office has been picked up by Lyft, taking a position as legislative counsel with the ride-sharing firm.

The driving app company, along with Uber which has become particularly popular on the Hill, has launched lobbying efforts in the last few years as it confronts concerns from the taxi industry. Robert Grant moved in April to Lyft, where he serves as legislative counsel.

Grant has nearly a decade of experience working for the Senate Legislative Counsel in stints as staff attorney and assistant and senior counsel since his first job there in 2004. In between, he has also worked as senior counsel to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The former congressional staffer, who has a bachelor's from the University of Virginia and a 2002 law degree from Tulane University Law School, also worked as an economist at the IRS before getting his law degree.