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… Mike Smith has been battling for the legal rights of homeschooling families for nearly four decades — first as … Home School Legal Defense Association. Smith, along with ADF President and CEO Michael Farris, founded HSLDA in 1983 … a profound turn in 1981, when he heard a radio program that introduced him to the idea of homeschooling. He and his …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Religious Schools and senior counsel with the Center for Public Policy. Since joining ADF in 2009, Baylor has focused on defending and advancing the …

… counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by litigating both beginning and end of life issues. Before joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending … ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the … Williams. Mike was one of the first allied attorneys with ADF and served for 25 years on the Grant Review Committee, …

… Tim Chandler serves as senior counsel and vice president of Church & Ministry Alliance engagement and strategic … Alliance, a unique program with over 4,000 members that equips and engages like-minded, Christ-centered churches … in our culture. Chandler is also the architect of the ADF Summit on Religious Liberty, the organization’s flagship …

… Tyson Langhofer serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending … students and faculty at public high schools and colleges in defending their First Amendment rights. For example, in … in civil litigation and constitutional law. Before joining ADF, Langhofer was a partner with Stinson LLP, where he …

… for Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Strategic Affairs team. In this role, Fiedorek brings over a decade of experience … direct and implement the team’s vision to engage allies in ADF’s advocacy efforts and provide career development to help …

… Zack Pruitt serves as senior counsel and director of U.S. government relations at Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he promotes ADF’s policy and legislative work at the national level on … policy for the Family Action Council of Tennessee. Before that, he was a Charles Koch Institute Research Fellow at the …

… Paul Coleman serves as executive director of ADF International from its headquarters in Vienna, … Kingdom case, where the court handed down a landmark ruling on religious freedom. Coleman has also authored legal …

… 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 … Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Before that, Widmalm-Delphonse served as staff attorney with the …