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John Bursch is senior counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom.

Kyle Barthelson serves as Sr. Director of Transformational Partnerships at Alliance Defending Freedom.

Logan Spena serves as legal counsel for the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, associate, and worship freely.

… at the U.S. Supreme Court: Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, and …

… Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. Vincent (454 US 263), establishing the right of Christian … Church of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of …

… of which were argued by Waggoner: Masterpiece  Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ,  Uzuebgunam v. Presczewski , and 303 Creative v. Elenis . ADF also has a strong record of international …

William Pew was a founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, serving on its governing board of directors from its inception until his passing in 1997.

Andrew J. Spangenberg serves as Director of Allied Legal Affairs with Alliance Defending Freedom. Spangenberg leads the Allied Legal Affairs team, which is dedicated to recruiting, engaging with, and strategically deploying more than 4,700 attorneys aligned with ADF’s mission to protect and promote life, religious liberty, free speech, marriage and family, and parental rights. Attorneys in ADF’s network have played important roles in hundreds of precedent-setting matters and many victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, including serving as lead or co-counsel alongside ADF attorneys in several ...

… counsel in several ADF cases, including Town of Greece v. Galloway . Following law school, she served as a law clerk …

Matt Sharp serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Public Policy.