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… ADF, Neihart clerked for judges on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and the Colorado Court of Appeals. He also practiced law with a litigation firm in Denver, Colorado where he primarily represented businesses, insurance companies, and hospitals in both federal and state courts. Neihart earned his J.D. …

… and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the Honorable … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served as president of the Christian …

… a white-collar defense litigator at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Washington, D.C. and one year as a law clerk to the Hon. Alice Batchelder on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Chafuen earned his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, graduating cum laude in 2015. While at Notre Dame, he served as president of the …

… for the Honorable Robert J. Luck of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and served as an … his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2018. He graduated summa cum laude and served as an editor … University with a Bachelor of Science with honors in chemistry and a double major in government. … Mathew …

… clerked for Justice Jorge Labarga on the Florida Supreme Court and for Judge Monica Gordo on Florida’s Third District … Court of Appeal. She also served as a criminal prosecutor in the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office where she … Steinmiller-Perdomo authored two articles that are published in the FSU Law Review. Steinmiller-Perdomo …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom of Christians to freely exercise their faith in the marketplace without fear of government punishment. He … school student on appeal at the Second Circuit, where the court entered a preliminary injunction that stopped state …

… Before joining ADF, Spena served as Deputy Policy Director in the Missouri governor’s office where he oversaw the … graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an editor on the Virginia Law Review. Spena earned his B.A. in Government: Political Theory from Patrick Henry College in …

… Farris Former President & CEO Michael Farris joined ADF in 2017 Michael Farris is the former President & CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom. He served in this capacity from 2017 until 2022.  Before joining ADF, … federal circuit courts of appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court, where in 2018 he successfully argued NIFLA v. Becerra …

… education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy … and federal judiciary, including leading thirty states in an unclaimed-property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. …

… Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court cases, and he … top public officials, and industry associations in high-profile cases, primarily on appeal. He was inducted … of the American Law Institute. His work has resulted in repeated listings in Best Lawyers, Michigan Super Lawyers, …