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… ADF Church & Ministry Alliance ADF Church Alliance is a legal membership program that exists to help best prepare … to best prepare and protect them—even advocating on behalf of ministries in court if necessary and appropriate. Learn …

… Alliance Defending Freedom Non-profit organization Alliance … leaders, pastors, and like-minded organizations for a common purpose: affirming and protecting religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family.   … Alliance Defending …

… Alan Sears Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as … Defending Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that includes training, …

… Counsel Jeffrey Shafer serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Center for Cultural Engagement and … of legal and cultural interest. Shafer earned his J.D. from the Regent University School of Law, graduating with …

… counsel and vice president of Allied Legal Affairs with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, she leads the … of which have set national and multinational precedents. From 2018 to 2021, Kilmartin was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump …

… Chapman Cox is chairman emeritus of the governing board of Alliance Defending Freedom.  He brings to his board service … schools in Indiana, Colorado, and California.  He earned a B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from …

… Senior Counsel Jake Warner serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining … . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner successfully represented a Christian … a preliminary injunction that stopped state officials from discriminating against a student based on her religious …

… J. Cochran serves as senior fellow and vice president at Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he oversees the … of his Christian faith and beliefs, ADF represented him in a federal lawsuit. A federal court ruled the city of Atlanta … his doctorate of education in interdisciplinary leadership from Creighton University and is the author of two books, a …

… and senior vice president of corporate engagement for Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads ADF’s efforts to combat corporate cancel culture and build a business ethic that respects free speech, religious … Initiatives, where he led efforts to protect individuals from government-coerced speech. Numerous media outlets, …

… and director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom. Langhofer represents students and … For example, in Denton v. Hecht , he successfully defended a Florida State University student after he was removed as … LLP, where he worked as a commercial litigation attorney from 2000 until he joined ADF in 2015. Langhofer is Peer …