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… Kristen Waggoner leads the faith-based organization in advancing the God-given right to live and speak the truth in the U.S. and around the world. She oversees more than 450 … and other leading courts and tribunals and has secured the release of more than 1,000 imprisoned Christians. After …

… Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed … He has helped fashion the language for numerous state and federal laws and has testified before committees of … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… Rechtenbach was also commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2019. Additionally, she has published two law review … More Than Mere “Constitutional Window Dressing”: Why the Press Clause Should Protect a Limited Right to Gather Information in the Nebraska Law Review and Personal Foul—Encroachment: …

… marriage and family, and parental rights. Attorneys in ADF’s network have played important roles in hundreds of … his J.D. magna cum laude and was top of his class at Penn State Law. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, West …

… freedom. Before joining ADF, Sechler had a long career in private practice, with substantial first-chair trial … to become a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Penn State Law School, where he spent four years teaching courses …

… of public affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom. In that role, he has overseen the development and execution … plans for the expansion of ADF’s mission into state legal advocacy efforts, collaborating closely with … Watts represents ADF at external events, conferences, press conferences, and in the media. Watts also develops …

… ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the … Widmar v. Vincent (454 US 263), establishing the right of Christian students to “equal access” to student union space for Bible study and prayer meetings at a …

… Before joining ADF, Spena served as Deputy Policy Director in the Missouri governor’s office where he oversaw the state’s regulatory reform efforts and worked to approve … graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an editor on the Virginia Law …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the … In A.H. v. French , Warner successfully represented a Christian high school student on appeal at the Second … the court entered a preliminary injunction that stopped state officials from discriminating against a student based …

… on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients of all stripes at the … pregnancy resource center and adoption agency, a Christian photographer, a college student and conservative … represents clients in friend-of-the-court briefs filed in state and federal appellate courts and in the U.S. Supreme …