Ady Barkan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ady Barkan
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Dec 18, 1983(1983-12-18)
Age	41
Birthplace	United States
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ady Barkan Biography

Ady Barkan is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on December 18, 1983 in United States, United States. Attorney who has gained fame for his progressive activism. He has worked in this capacity for the Center for Popular Democracy, leading the Fed Up and Be a Hero advocacy campaigns.

He earned national headlines in December 2017 for engaging Republican senator Jeff Flake on a cross-country flight about his impending tax cuts that would affect health care funding.

Ady Barkan (born December 18, 1983) is an American lawyer and progressive activist. He is the co-founder of the Be a Hero PAC and is an organizer for the Center for Popular Democracy, where he led the Fed Up campaign. Ady came to notoriety in 2017 when he confronted Jeff Flake on a plane, asking him to “be a hero” and vote no on a tax bill.

Barkan works for the Center for Popular Democracy. Beginning in 2012, he developed the Fed Up campaign to advocate with the Federal Reserve for the impact of monetary policy on low-income people. Organizing protests at the Federal Reserve’s annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Fed Up sought to slow the raise of interest rates and more broadly change the governance structure of the Federal Reserve; by 2014, the group was included in the annual meeting’s agenda.

He and his wife Rachael share one son. He was diagnosed with ALS shortly after his son’s birth in 2016.

Ady Barkan Net Worth

Ady Barkan is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ady Barkan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from Columbia University cum laude in 2006. He later earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2012.

He was named to Forward’s list of 50 most influential American Jews in 2018. He has served as the national co-chair of Health Care Voter.

Ady Barkan was born December 18, 1983, to immigrant parents (his mother from Romania by way of Tel Aviv, where she met his father) who became academics in the U.S. Barkan grew up in what he describes as a “secular Jewish household” and holds dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship. He attended high school in Claremont, California where he took an early interest in progressive activism like the fight against anti-gay rights legislation. Barkan next attended Columbia College, taking courses with economists Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs and graduating cum laude in 2006. He later went on to Yale Law School, where he earned his J.D. degree in 2010.

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Who is Ady Barkan Dating?

According to our records, Ady Barkan married to Rachael King. As of December 1, 2023, Ady Barkan’s is not dating anyone.

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During the 2018 election cycle, Barkan traveled the country (22 states in 40 days) to talk to voters about healthcare. His healthcare ads were run in over 100 districts across the country and his PAC played a critical role in flipping multiple seats. Ady’s ad was nominated alongside Colin Kaepernick’s Nike Ad as “most inspiring”.

Facts & Trivia

Ady Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ady Barkan celebrates birthday on December 18 of every year.

In April 2019, Barkan testified before the United States House Committee on Rules in favor of Medicare-for-All at the first-ever congressional hearing on the subject. Barkan, who has ALS, used a computer system to testify to the House panel about why he believes America needs single-payer health care.

Top Facts about Ady Barkan

1. Ady Barkan is an American activist and attorney.
2. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2016.
3. Barkan founded the Be a Hero PAC in 2017.
4. He has advocated for Medicare for All.
5. Barkan testified before Congress on healthcare reform in 2019.
6. He endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in 2020.
7. Barkan’s memoir, “Eyes to the Wind,” was published in 2019.
8. He has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s most influential people.
9. Barkan uses a computerized voice to communicate due to his ALS diagnosis.
10. His activism has inspired many to join the fight for social justice and healthcare reform.