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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 ...

… clerked for the Honorable Sara Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. … as staff attorney with the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he represented …

… federal appellate and district courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. … Bradley Abramson … Senior Counsel … …

Sharon Supp serves as Senior Research Analyst at Alliance Defending Freedom

… has focused on fundraising and developing the ministry’s impact and visibility. He develops strategic alliances by …

Glynis Gilio serves as legal counsel on the Parental Rights team at Alliance Defending Freedom. Before joining ADF, Gilio contributed to the litigation efforts of numerous public interest law firms including the Institute for Free Speech, Freedom Foundation, Goldwater Institute, and Pacific Legal Foundation. She also completed inaugural fellowships with The Heritage Foundation and The Fund for American Studies. In 2021, the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation recognized Gilio as the John Norton Distinguished Fellow for her excellence and leadership in constitutional litigation ...

… 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 …

… Professional Responsibility. Sechler received his bachelor’s degree with high distinction from Pennsylvania State … for the Honorable Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Sechler is an active … of Columbia Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal appellate and trial …

… property litigation and was co-leader of the firm’s intellectual property practice group that consisted of more … Bruno also served for many years on his prior firm’s pro bono committee, leading efforts to provide access to … criminal pimp in a groundbreaking lawsuit under California’s civil human trafficking prevention statute, and personally …

… litigation group focuses on federal administrative law’s impact on religious freedom and the sanctity of life. … in its successful challenge to the federal government’s reinterpretation of an emergency-medicine statute to … in numerous cases, including 12 arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and eight before the …