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… Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, … Before joining ADF, Spena served as Deputy Policy Director in the Missouri governor’s office where he oversaw the … an editor on the Virginia Law Review. Spena earned his B.A. in Government: Political Theory from Patrick Henry College …

… level. Prior to joining ADF, Chafuen spent three years as a white-collar defense litigator at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Washington, D.C. and one year as a law clerk to the Hon. Alice Batchelder on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Chafuen earned his J.D. from Notre Dame Law …

… on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients of all stripes at the appellate level, preserving lower-court … unjust results. Among other clients, he has represented a faith-based pregnancy resource center and adoption agency, …

… Before joining ADF, Dill worked as an associate at a large law firm in Washington, D.C. where she focused on intellectual … Dill received her J.D. in 2019 from Duke University School of Law, where she served as an articles editor for the Duke …

… Ryan Tucker serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Christian Ministries with Alliance … under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian … Tucker engaged in private practice for over 16 years with a litigation boutique law firm in San Antonio, Texas, eight …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and … ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the … Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in its Washington, DC office. There he testified before …

… 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 … . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner successfully represented a Christian …

… John Bursch is senior counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch … litigated six matters with at least $1 billion at stake. A recent study concluded that among all frequent Supreme … top public officials, and industry associations in high-profile cases, primarily on appeal. He was inducted …

… Matt Bowman serves as senior counsel and director of regulatory practice for Alliance Defending Freedom, where … of life, and family. From 2017 to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump administration, serving the U.S. Department of …

… Senior Research Analyst at Alliance Defending Freedom with a focus on parental rights and advocacy strategy. She joined ADF in 2021 to support its strategic initiatives for influencing culture to preserve …