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… Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, 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 public university. …

… also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the … equipped to defend religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage and family. These attorneys have reported more … in the graduation of more than 1,800 outstanding law students—representing 227 schools and 21 countries—from the …

… In that role, he represents ADF clients of all stripes at the appellate level, preserving lower-court victories and … the Virginia attorney general’s office, Schandevel clerked for the Honorable Stephen R. McCullough on the Court of … he founded a student organization called Advocates for Life at Virginia Law. He also completed ADF’s Blackstone …

… to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at Alliance Defending Freedom. Kilmartin also directs the … and as chief of staff and then deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for … J.D. summa cum laude and was first in her class at Penn State Law. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, …

… Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by … and end of life issues. Before joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy …

… Natalie D. Thompson serves as senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, where her practice in the … law’s impact on religious freedom and the sanctity of life. Before joining ADF, Thompson served as an assistant … to Texas laws and claims against state officials. For example, Thompson defended numerous challenges to Texas …

… Michael T. Hilgers. In that position, he represented the state of Nebraska in cases before state and federal courts and oversaw all civil appeals for the state. In February 2023, Campbell argued Biden v. Nebraska before the U.S. Supreme Court, a case in which Nebraska and five other states challenged the …

… Vincent Wagner serves as senior counsel with the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom where he … the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth … where he was a Chancellor, a distinction given to the students with the sixteen highest GPAs in each graduating …

… Jake Warner serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since … represented a Christian high school student on appeal at the Second Circuit, where the court entered a preliminary injunction that stopped state officials from discriminating against a student based …

… has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court cases, and he has successfully litigated six matters with at least $1 billion at stake. A recent study concluded that … all frequent Supreme Court advocates who did not work for the federal government, he had the 3rd highest success …