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… precedent-setting cases challenging federal overreach in courts across the country. Blake served as deputy … to 2017. In these roles, she argued 26 federal and state appeals, including before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She received the …

… of the Center for Christian Ministries. Since joining ADF in 2015, Galus has represented a wide array of religious … litigating cases at all levels of state and federal court. Galus has successfully briefed and argued appeals before both state appellate courts and the U.S. Court …

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

… and Ellis LLP, Bancroft LLP, and King & Spalding LLP, all in Washington, D.C. Hawley has litigated extensively before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as numerous federal courts of appeals and state courts of last resort. She also worked at …

… Mike Smith has been battling for the legal rights of homeschooling families for nearly four decades — first as … with ADF President and CEO Michael Farris, founded HSLDA in 1983 to protect the right of families to provide … Smith began defending homeschooling in California both in court and before the legislature after HSLDA’s founding. He …

… 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 victories and seeking to overturn unjust results. Among … served as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Appeals Section at the Office of the Attorney General of …

… 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 … clerk to the Honorable James B. Loken on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. He received his J.D. magna cum …

… children — like so many others — the relative isolation of homeschooling was wearing a little thin. Time for a break. … he told them, and quickly proved it — accomplishing in just a few minutes what would’ve taken them quite a while. … That’s compelled speech.” He points out that the Supreme Court has repeatedly struck down that kind of government …

… L ike most of us, Jean Marie Davis knows enough not to pick up … told her to pull over. The young woman had a cigarette in her mouth. “You’ve got to get rid of the cigarette,” Jean … law. The case is currently pending in a federal district court.  “This is part of a concerted attack against pregnancy …

… education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy … in an unclaimed-property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Prior to his government …