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… 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 … ADF, Farris was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense Association (1983) and Patrick Henry College …

… John Bursch Senior Counsel, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch is senior counsel and vice … highest success rate for persuading justices to adopt his legal position. Bursch served as solicitor general for the … top public officials, and industry associations in high-profile cases, primarily on appeal. He was inducted …

… Center for Life, where he litigates across the spectrum of matters involving constitutional freedoms and the sanctity … 500 companies, including support for ADF’s litigation in College of the Ozarks v. Biden . Garrison was a federal … Force in 2014. Garrison later served as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …

… on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients of all stripes at the appellate level, preserving lower-court … Life at Virginia Law. He also completed ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship and was commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow …

… David A. Cortman Senior Counsel, Vice President of U.S. Litigation David A. Cortman serves as senior counsel … for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious freedom, free …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Mr. Brooks focuses … reality of male and female matters. He represents clients in lawsuits protecting the freedom of speech of counselors … from 2012 through 2014 and on the board of the Christian Legal Society from 2002 through 2011. Mr. Brooks is a member …

… Lauren Fraher Legal Assistant Lauren is a native of southern California and a graduate of Creighton University. She is a paralegal, wife, mother, …

Before joining the Alliance Defending Freedom team, Jessica served as a writer and legislative assistant to three congressmen and US Senator Ben Sasse.

… Alliance Scott Blakeman graduated from Liberty University in 2012 with a degree in Government. He then made his way to … After his time at Heritage, Scott worked in the U.S. House of Representatives, holding positions that focused on policy … he served as a Speechwriter at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. … Scott Blakeman graduated from …

… cum laude from Miami University (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing in May 2020. Ellie previously interned at the … finance team. While in college, Ellie was President of Students for Life on her campus where she led her group in …