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… Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. Vincent (454 US … ruled 8-1 in favor of Mike’s clients, the students. He was local counsel with his son, Jonathan, also an attorney, in … (JAG) before entering private law practice in what is today called The Whitehead Law Firm, LLC. Mike and his wife, …

… honors in political economy from Hillsdale College in 2016 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in … in Scottsdale, Arizona, and currently resides outside of Washington, D.C., with her husband. … Christy Hirsch serves as legal counsel with …

… Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer in the 2016-2017 term , Town of Greece v. Galloway and Conestoga … of the U.S. House and Senate, state legislatures, and many local governments and commissions. Legislators in 20 states … include television interviews and features on The Today Show , Nightline , CNN, Fox News, C-SPAN, The O’Reilly …

… public university students and professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  … v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System  case in 1999, challenging the university’s requirement that … on television and radio shows including Fox News, NBC’s Today Show, and NPR’s All Things Considered.  His commentary …

… at the appellate level and specializes in litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. … Freedom. Gray earned his J.D. and B.A. degrees from Washington and Lee University, graduating magna cum laude in … is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 11 U.S. Courts of Appeals, and various other appellate and …

… and regulatory practice at Alliance Defending Freedom. Before joining ADF, Hawley practiced appellate law at … associate professor of law at the University of Missouri. Her scholarship focuses primarily on federal courts and has … Journal , Washington Post , U.S. News & World Report , USA Today , Fox News , the Washington Examiner , the Legal Times …

… as lead or co-counsel alongside ADF staff attorneys in 15 Supreme Court cases. Kilmartin also directs the Grants & … resulted in a win in Zubik v. Burwell. Kilmartin earned her J.D. summa cum laude and was first in her class at Penn State Law. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, …

… she is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Before joining ADF, Vrdolyak served as a law clerk to Judge … for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, Oregon. Vrdolyak earned her J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 2019, where she was a … and political science from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the …

… Freedom. He served in this capacity from 2017 until 2022.  Before joining ADF, Farris was founding president of both the … and chancellor emeritus of PHC. He graduated from Western Washington State College magna cum laude with a bachelor’s … religious freedom advocacy. Farris is the author of over 15 books, as well as law review and other scholarly and …

… that role, he represented the state of Nebraska in cases before state and federal courts and oversaw all civil appeals … argued Biden v. Nebraska before the U.S. Supreme Court, a case in which Nebraska and five other states challenged the … legal commentary pieces, including some published by USA Today and The Washington Post . A native of northeastern …