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… President and CEO Michael Farris, founded HSLDA in 1983 to protect the right of families to provide personalized, at-home learning for their children. Smith’s view of education took a profound turn in 1981, when he … Smith began defending homeschooling in California both in court and before the legislature after HSLDA’s founding. He …

… serves as senior counsel and vice president of client and alliance engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this … responsible for working with U.S. legal litigation leaders to understand opportunities, needs, goals and priorities for … and federal courts, focusing on the protection of life and religious freedom. Most notably, he successfully spearheaded …

… Jeremiah Galus serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the … joining ADF in 2015, Galus has represented a wide array of religious ministries, schools, and churches, litigating cases … litigation team in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski , leading to a U.S. Supreme Court victory ensuring government officials …

… strategy and the Center for Conscience Initiatives with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he identifies new … and develops new strategies for protecting free speech and religious liberty in collaboration with the chief legal … defending the rights of professionals and business owners to live out their faith as well as the litigation efforts to …

… Caleb Dalton serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role at the … Center for Academic Freedom representing clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional … entities to affirm the fundamental freedoms of speech and religious liberty. With ADF’s Center for Conscience …

… Sierra Brown serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. She advises members of ADF’s … Church and Ministry Alliance on issues involving their religious liberty and helps protect their constitutional rights. Prior to joining ADF, Brown was an associate with a top national …

… Jim Campbell serves as chief legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he leads the U.S. Legal … other states challenged the Biden administration’s attempt to forgive over $400 billion in federal student loans for … counsel with ADF. In that role, he defended his clients’ religious freedom and freedom of speech, with a particular …

… Chris Schandevel serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that … level, preserving lower-court victories and seeking to overturn unjust results. Among other clients, he has … successfully represented the Thomas More Law Center in the U.S. Supreme Court. And he regularly represents clients in …

… Bradley Abramson serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays an integral role … than 4,700 attorneys in the ADF Attorney Network in their religious freedom litigation efforts. He also directs the Bar … Project, which focuses on encouraging allied attorneys to participate in and influence bar associations to advance …

… As the CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, 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 ADF …