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… Julie Marie Blake serves as senior counsel for regulatory litigation at Alliance Defending Freedom. Over … as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of West Virginia from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, she argued 26 federal and state …

… students to “equal access” to student union space for Bible study and prayer meetings at a public university. … of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s … law practice in what is today called The Whitehead Law Firm, LLC. Mike and his wife, Jan, have three children and …

… Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …  He completed ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship in 2017.  Prior to law school, Barnett earned a Bachelor of Arts …

… and as chief of staff and then deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy. She also had a detail to the Executive Office of … Kilmartin was a trial and appellate litigator in Big Law for just under a decade, including in the U.S. Supreme Court …

…  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other … and  Witters v. Washington State Department of Services for the Blind  (1985). Lorence has made media appearances on … in 2001, Lorence was a productive allied attorney for many years, actively involved in significant litigation …

… Court Justice Richard B. Sanders, Waggoner practiced law for over 16 years at a Seattle firm before joining ADF in 2013. She is Peer Review Rated AV® …

… as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Parental Rights.  Before joining ADF in 2024, Sterett was a partner at the law firm of Dalton & Tomich and oversaw the firm’s Illinois office. In that position, he litigated civil …

… day-to-day operational legal advice they need to fulfill their religious missions. Prior to joining ADF in 2022, Londono served as assistant general counsel for a Florida public school district. In addition, for nearly 10 years she served on the in-house legal counsel team for …

… Ryan Bangert serves as senior vice president for strategic initiatives and special counsel to the … at Baker Botts L.L.P., where he was a member of the firm’s commercial litigation and appellate practice sections. … Lutheran v. Comer and Salazar v. Buono , receiving the firm’s Opus Justitae Award in recognition of his outstanding …

… Scott Scharpen is the Chief Strategy Officer for Mission Increase (MI), a 501c3 organization whose mission … is to equip nonprofits, givers, and churches to multiply their collective Kingdom impact so that lives are transformed … principal work has included a church plant for 18 years and the operation of a pro-life licensed mobile …