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… David A. Cortman serves as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. … and lectures on the First Amendment and civil rights. … David A. Cortman … Senior Counsel, Vice President of U.S. …

… multinational precedents. From 2018 to 2021, Kilmartin was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump … Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy. She also had a detail to the Executive Office of the President at the … Prior to joining the executive branch, Kilmartin was a trial and appellate litigator in Big Law for just under a …

… including serving on Mississippi’s legal team in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade . Waggoner successfully … , and  303 Creative v. Elenis . Internationally, ADF has a strong track record of success at the European Court of … Rated AV ® Preeminent ™ in Martindale-Hubbell. She is a sought-after speaker on legal and cultural issues and …

… team in the historic Eweida and others v. United Kingdom case, where the court handed down a landmark ruling on religious freedom. Coleman has also … v. Sweden , Coleman argued that European countries have a duty to protect Christian converts escaping persecution in …

… engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the Strategic Relations and Training Team. … v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System  case in 1999, challenging the university’s requirement that … of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York  case. Lorence also defended the right of conscience in  Elane …

… argued Biden v. Nebraska before the U.S. Supreme Court, a case in which Nebraska and five other states challenged the … of Attorneys General for the brief he filed in that case. Before joining the Nebraska attorney general’s office …

… ADF’s efforts to combat corporate cancel culture and build a business ethic that respects free speech, religious … president for communications, during which time he was a lead convener of the Philadelphia Statement , a movement … before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued Phillips’ case at the Colorado Court of Appeals. He was also the lead …

… litigated six matters with at least $1 billion at stake. A recent study concluded that among all frequent Supreme … the state of Michigan from 2011-2013. He also worked for a large Michigan law firm and for his own appellate boutique, … the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and serves as a member of the American Law Institute. His work has resulted …

… argued two cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals, and filed a wide array of amicus briefs on religious freedom, free … ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship and was commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2005 after an internship with the … for Law and Religious Freedom. Gray earned his J.D. and B.A. degrees from Washington and Lee University, graduating …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and … Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. Vincent (454 US … Church of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of …