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… as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of … in 2009. She received her B.A. in Politics and Theology & Religious Studies phi beta kappa from the Catholic University …

… primarily advising Church and Ministry Alliance members to best protect their religious liberty rights. Prior to joining ADF, Bongiorno … and Spanish from Eastern Michigan University. She is a 2017 First Liberty Fellow. Bongiorno is admitted to the …

… on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team … designed to ensure attorneys are fully equipped to defend religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage and …

… Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the … and also worked on cases concerning immigration, religious liberty, federalism, the Commerce Clause, criminal … cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where she served as an editor on the Indiana Law …

… defending the right of Christian adoption agencies to operate in accordance with the teachings of their faith; … 19 of those as a partner in the litigation department. In 2017, he took early retirement from Cravath in order to devote his energies to advancing free speech and religious liberty. Mr. Brooks’ years of commercial practice …

… Cody Barnett serves as legal counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team, where he represents … Rehnquist Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar and the Honorable … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom of Christians to freely exercise their faith in the marketplace without … and Telescope Media Group v. Lucero . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner …

… a broad range of litigation, with a primary focus on religious liberty, free speech, student privacy, conscience … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other …

… Matt Sharp serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Public … government officials on policies that promote free speech, religious freedom, parental rights, and the sanctity of human … speech. He has won cases upholding the rights of students to form religious clubs, invite classmates to church, and …

… Rory Gray serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he … of Appeals, and filed a wide array of amicus briefs on religious freedom, free speech, and life issues. Before … bars of Georgia, Arizona, and Virginia, Gray is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 12 U.S. Courts of …