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Pat Piccolo serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. He primarily assists members of the Church and Ministry Alliance with protecting their constitutional freedoms and navigating religious liberty issues. Prior to joining ADF, Piccolo clerked in a Virginia Circuit Court and worked in private practice, where he represented landowners facing condemnations and businesses navigating a wide array of commercial disputes. Piccolo earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016. He obtained his B.A. in history and religious studies from the University of Virginia ...

Abigail Bongiorno serves as legal counsel with the Church and Ministry Alliance at Alliance Defending Freedom. Bongiorno practices First Amendment law, primarily advising Church and Ministry Alliance members to best protect their religious liberty rights. Prior to joining ADF, Bongiorno worked for Thomas More Society, where she assisted in upholding the First Amendment rights of pro-life organizations and advocates. Bongiorno earned her J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law and obtained her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science and Spanish from Eastern Michigan University. She is a 2017 ...

Laurence Wilkinson serves as law clerk for Alliance Defending Freedom.

Bradley Abramson serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays an integral role on the Allied Legal Affairs Team.

Lance has served Alliance Defending Freedom since 2013 and is currently the Senior Vice President of Development.

More than 30 years ago, Dr. James C. Dobson founded Focus on the Family to undergird Christian values for families in today’s world.

Mallory Rechtenbach serves as legal counsel on the Parental Rights team at Alliance Defending Freedom. Rechtenbach earned her J.D., with highest distinction, from the University of Nebraska College of Law and was selected for Order of the Coif. During law school, she served as Articles Editor for the Nebraska Law Review and as a research assistant to Professor Richard Duncan. Following law school, Rechtenbach completed fellowships at the Institute for Free Speech and ADF. Next, she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Rechtenbach was ...

Kathleen Barceleau serves as legal counsel for Allied Legal Affairs and Advocacy Strategy at Alliance Defending Freedom. In that role, she works to coordinate and deploy network attorneys to further ADF’s mission and conducts research in support of ADF’s strategic plans. Before joining ADF, Barceleau was Of Counsel at Fusion Law, where she focused on financial regulation and policy issues. Previously, she served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Kansas, where she represented Kansas and its officials in civil rights and constitutional litigation in both state and federal courts ...

Don Ziel serves as vice president of the Church and Ministry Alliance and assistant general counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom.

Valerie Londono serves as senior counsel and deputy director of the Church and Ministry Alliance with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, she oversees a group of attorneys and participates in the leadership and overall direction of the CMA program, which serves as a resource to ministries by providing them with the 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 ...