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Katie Vizzerra serves as senior counsel and director of Blackstone Alumni Relations at Alliance Defending Freedom, overseeing alumni of the Blackstone Legal Fellowship. Prior to that role, she served as legal counsel of student training and engagement overseeing the Areté Academy program, along with other student trainings including the Law School Prep Academy and Journalism Academy. Before joining ADF full-time in 2014, Vizzerra worked as associate counsel at Denali Sourcing Services negotiating contracts for one of the largest banks in the country. She also was a legal clerk at a boutique ...

… Nebraska Attorney General Douglas J. Peterson and Michael T. Hilgers. In that position, he represented the state of …

Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life.

David A. Cortman serves as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom.

Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Andrew D. Graham serves as Senior Counsel, Vice President of Academic Affairs & Strategic Affairs at Alliance Defending Freedom. In his role, he designs ADF’s academic initiatives and professional-development programs, including the Blackstone Legal Fellowship; engages with thought leaders around the world; and speaks at academic gatherings, universities, and think tanks on law, politics, and culture. Additionally, Graham is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute in Washington, DC; an elected member and trustee of The Philadelphia Society; an elected member of The Mont Pelerin ...

… written, rather than as she would like it to be written. But my gratitude is also more personal. Serving in public … a woman, and a lawyer can be lonely. There simply haven't been many of us living at the intersection of these identities. It's refreshing to look at the Supreme …

Don Ziel serves as vice president of the Church and Ministry Alliance and assistant general counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom.

Timothy D. Chandler serves as senior counsel and vice president of Church & Ministry Alliance engagement & strategic projects with Alliance Defending Freedom.