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… 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 marketplace without … . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner successfully represented a Christian …

… as Web Manager & Writer for Alliance Defending Freedom in the organization's Scottsdale, Arizona, office. He holds a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from the … Advocates for Faith and Freedom, and his personal blog, the Religion and Politics Blog . … Neal Hardin … Web …

… counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Before … of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, Oregon. Vrdolyak earned her J.D. from Notre Dame … and political science from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the …

… precedent-setting cases challenging federal overreach in courts across the country. Blake served as deputy … Virginia from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, she argued 26 federal and state appeals, including before the en banc … Before entering government service in 2013, Blake was a litigation associate at Baker Botts L.L.P., where she …

… vice president and general counsel for Artisent Floors in Memphis, Tennessee. He also practiced as an associate with a civil defense litigation firm in Chattanooga. Prior to … his J.D. from Vermont Law School, graduating cum laude in 2016. While at VLS, he was a Student Bar Association senator, …

… rights under the First Amendment. Before joining ADF in January of 2021, Reed was an associate attorney at Baker … He graduated from Kent State University summa cum laude in 2016 with a B.A. in political science—American politics. In 2016, Reed …

… 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, … Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer in the 2016-2017 term , Town of Greece v. Galloway and Conestoga …

… engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the Strategic Relations and Training Team. … professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. Board of Regents of … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …

… Before joining ADF, Spena served as Deputy Policy Director in the Missouri governor’s office where he oversaw the … graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an editor on the Virginia Law Review. Spena earned his B.A. in Government: Political Theory from Patrick Henry College …

… M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at … which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 million in grant funds to thousands of legal projects and cases, many … multinational precedents. From 2018 to 2021, Kilmartin was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump …