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… 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 … leadership, ADF attorneys won more than three out of four cases in which they participated and successfully defended …

… 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 …

… children. Before joining ADF, Carpenter practiced law in Tennessee. Prior to becoming an attorney, Carpenter served … 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. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University …

… alumni services with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Bruno coordinates efforts to provide attorneys … events and initiatives. Prior to joining ADF in January 2016, Bruno was a partner at the international law firm of … statute, and personally handling or supervising more than 30 adoptions of children out of the Los Angeles County foster …

… professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. Board of Regents of … Supreme Court. Lorence has worked on ADF’s Supreme Court cases, such as  NIFLA  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  … appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Review, and other publications . Before officially joining …

… 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 …

… Team with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he assists in developing and implementing successful legal solutions and … to neutralize mounting corporate hostility to people of faith and to encourage corporations to respect free … oriented businesses. Ross earned his Juris Doctor in 2016 from Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as president …

… to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump administration, serving the U.S. Department of … in Newland v. Sebelius . He went on to win several similar cases, including for March for Life and Tyndale House … articles in USA Today, the Washington Examiner, National Review, Townhall.com, CatholicVote.org, the Linacre …