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… Legal Counsel Hailey Vrdolyak serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the … Before joining ADF, Vrdolyak served as a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, Oregon. …

… Legal Counsel Paul Schmitt served as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he was a member of the … Christian Ministries. Schmitt advanced litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom … for the Honorable Michael S. Kanne on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and litigated as an …

… ADF in 2013 As the CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner leads the … of countries. Since 2011, ADF has won 15 cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, including serving on Mississippi’s legal team in the …

… Senior Counsel Erik Baptist serves as senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, focusing on administrative … for the Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, interned for the … the D.C. Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and various federal courts of appeal. … Erik …

… Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Just prior to joining ADF, Widmalm-Delphonse clerked for the Honorable Sara Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Before that, …

… Senior Counsel Jake Warner serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining … school student on appeal at the Second Circuit, where the court entered a preliminary injunction that stopped state … to practice in Arizona, North Carolina, and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as many federal district and appellate …

… serves as senior vice president of communications for Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he helps further … visual, digital, and constituent communications.  Prior to rejoining ADF in 2021, Scott served as director of media … other national and local media outlets. Born in Southern California and raised on Long Island in New York, Scott now …

… While in college, Ellie was President of Students for Life on her campus where she led her group in their initiatives to support pregnant and parenting students, spread awareness … of abortion, and engage in public policy. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, Ellie successfully defended her …

… Paralegal Teresa Haney is a Paralegal for the Center for Life at Alliance Defending Freedom. She received a Bachelor of Arts … Before joining ADF, Teresa interned at the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican, Human Coalition, and the George W. Bush …

… 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. Before joining ADF, … Spena graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an editor on the Virginia Law …