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… rights under the First Amendment. Before joining ADF in January of 2021, Reed was an associate attorney at Baker … Fellowship, was an associate editor on the Akron Law Review, and received certificates in trial advocacy/dispute … He graduated from Kent State University summa cum laude in 2016 with a B.A. in political science—American politics. In …

… 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 …

… Defending Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed … Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer in the 2016-2017 term , Town of Greece v. Galloway and Conestoga …

… his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2018. He graduated summa cum laude and served as an editor for the Notre Dame Law Review. He is a 2016 Blackstone Fellow. Before law school, Hoffmann graduated …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme … top public officials, and industry associations in high-profile cases, primarily on appeal. He was inducted … as Chief Note & Comment Editor for the Minnesota Law Review. Prior to that, he attended Western Michigan …

… of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, Oregon. Vrdolyak earned her J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 2019, where she was a member of … and political science from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the …

… Administrative Assistant Elise Gillson graduated from St. Cloud State University with a Bachelor’s in Piano Performance. Shortly after, she left her home state … Pedagogy from Arizona State University, graduating in 2016. She joined the Alliance Defending Freedom team in 2017 …

… Hirsch graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in political economy from Hillsdale College in 2016 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in …

… Team with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he assists in developing and implementing successful legal solutions and … oriented businesses. Ross earned his Juris Doctor in 2016 from Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as president of …

… assistant attorney general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the Texas attorney general. In those roles, … 2015-2019, and The National Law Journal ranked it in its “Top 100 Verdicts of 2015.” He was named a “Texas Rising Star” … op-ed contributor, his work has appeared in National Review , Daily Wire , The Hill , Washington Examiner , The …