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… faith-based organization in advancing the God-given right to live and speak the truth in the U.S. and around the world. She oversees more than 450 ADF team … and other leading courts and tribunals and has secured the release of more than 1,000 imprisoned Christians. After …

… Initiatives. When she joined ADF in 2012, Kiefer worked to defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, … to become a Blackstone Fellow. She is admitted to the state bar of California, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, and numerous federal district and appellate …

… children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy solicitor general. There he … states in an unclaimed-property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Prior to his government service, Wagner was an …

… and develop the resources needed to ensure the ministry’s capacity to respond to opportunities. As the first … He has helped fashion the language for numerous state and federal laws and has testified before committees of … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… Rachel Rouleau serves as legal counsel for the Center for Conscience Initiatives with Alliance Defending Freedom. She focuses on protecting the conscience rights of individuals forced to compromise their beliefs under threat of fines and …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court cases, and he has successfully litigated … James B. Loken on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. He received his J.D. magna cum laude in 1997 from …

… Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Before joining ADF, Neihart clerked for judges on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and the … insurance companies, and hospitals in both federal and state courts. Neihart earned his J.D. from the Sturm College …

… country. Blake served as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant … federal and state appeals, including before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She received the Best Brief Award from National …

… students and professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge … Lamb’s Chapel  (1993), and  Witters v. Washington State Department of Services for the Blind  (1985). Lorence …

… to become a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Penn State Law School, where he spent four years teaching courses … Professional Responsibility. Sechler received his bachelor’s degree with high distinction from Pennsylvania State … Murnaghan, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Sechler is an active member of the District of …