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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… vice president and general counsel for Artisent Floors in Memphis, Tennessee. He also practiced as an associate with … his J.D. from Vermont Law School, graduating cum laude in 2016. While at VLS, he was a Student Bar Association senator, … the Federalist Society, and an editor of the Vermont Law Review. Carpenter is admitted to practice law in Tennessee. … …

… 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 …

… Services Team. She previously served at ADF as a first-year lawyer fellow on the Life Team. Prior to joining ADF, … her J.D., magna cum laude , from Notre Dame Law School in 2018. During her time at Notre Dame, Kisley served as … oralist on the Moot Court Board. She was commissioned in 2016 as a Blackstone Fellow. Before law school, Kisley …

… liberty issues. Prior to joining ADF, Piccolo clerked in a Virginia Circuit Court and worked in private practice, … wide array of commercial disputes. Piccolo earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016. He obtained his B.A. in history and religious studies …