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… Travis C. Barham serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with … v. Hartop , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled that public universities cannot compel professors to say things they do not believe. In Adams v. Trustees of …

… legal counsel for the Center for Conscience Initiatives at Alliance Defending Freedom. Prior to joining ADF, Beecher was the director of student programs … Baylor University. She is admitted to the state bar of California. … Suzanne Beecher … Legal Counsel … Suzanne …

… Noel Sterett serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Parental Rights.  Before joining ADF in 2024, … and partner at Mauck & Baker, LLC in Chicago from 2007 to 2018. While at Mauck & Baker, Sterett became an ADF allied …

… Caleb Dalton serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role at the … Center for Academic Freedom representing clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional … University of Houston—Clear Lake , and Apodaca v. White (California State University) successfully representing …

… Lathan Watts serves as vice president of public affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom. In that role, he has overseen the … of strategic communications plans for the expansion of ADF’s mission into state legal advocacy efforts, collaborating … crisis communications processes and plans. Prior to joining ADF, Watts spent nearly 20 years in various roles …

… Chris Schandevel serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF … level, preserving lower-court victories and seeking to overturn unjust results. Among other clients, he has …

… Cortman serves as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for … v. Preczewski , successfully securing nominal damages to hold government officials liable for constitutional …

… M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at Alliance Defending Freedom. Kilmartin also directs the Grants … appointee in the Trump Administration, serving the U.S. Department of Labor as deputy chief of staff in the Office …

… as senior counsel and vice president of Church & Ministry Alliance engagement and strategic projects. In this role, … brings two decades of legal and training experience to developing and implementing long-range strategies to grow, … division, including overseeing an ADF regional office in California, where he defended students, churches, and …

… ADF as a first-year lawyer fellow on the Life Team. Prior to joining ADF, Kisley clerked for the Honorable Eric E. Murphy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for the Honorable Stephen J. Murphy, III on the … Kisley graduated magna cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in English. …