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… Alan Sears Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new … from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that …

… litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. Since 2011, Gray has served on the main … and was commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2005 after an internship with the Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law and Religious …

… for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Since joining ADF in 2015, Galus has … protected freedoms. Prior to joining ADF, Galus worked as an attorney with a large law firm in Washington, D.C., where …

… Freedom. In this role, he oversees the spiritual care of ADF team members, speaks at ADF events and conferences, … of Atlanta terminated Cochran’s employment because of his Christian faith and beliefs, ADF represented him in a federal … author of two books, a sought-after public speaker, and is an advocate for religious liberty and unity of the body of …

… Over the last decade, she has been on the front lines of high-profile, precedent-setting cases challenging federal … Blake served as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of West Virginia from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, she …

… James C. Dobson founded Focus on the Family to undergird Christian values for families in today’s world. What began … program on a few stations in 1977 has grown to a network of more than 3,000 facilities in North America – with … by more than 220 million people. After a long history of service with Focus on the Family, Dr. Dobson retired from …

… Gregory S. Baylor Senior Counsel, Director of the Center for Religious Schools Gregory S. Baylor serves … with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Religious Schools and Senior Counsel for … the Museum of the Bible and the International Alliance for Christian Education. Greg earned his Juris Doctor in 1990 …

… R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the … first in his class.  He also served as president of the Christian Legal Society and as an articles editor for the Kentucky Law Journal.  He …

… Fort Des Moines Church of Christ Alliance Defending freedom filed a federal lawsuit to protect an Iowa church's freedom to operate according to its faith without fear of punishment from the government.  Case: Fort Des …

… Board Member Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending … Widmar v. Vincent (454 US 263), establishing the right of Christian students to “equal access” to student union space … He was local counsel with his son, Jonathan, also an attorney, in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Mo. v. …