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… primarily advising Church and Ministry Alliance members to best protect their religious liberty rights. Prior to joining ADF, Bongiorno worked for Thomas More Society, … and Spanish from Eastern Michigan University. She is a 2017 First Liberty Fellow. Bongiorno is admitted to the …

… cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where she served as an editor on the Indiana Law …

… matters, including defending constitutional challenges to Texas laws and claims against state officials. For example, Thompson defended numerous challenges to Texas abortion laws and represented the state in its … presented oral argument in numerous cases, including 12 arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th …

… Defending Freedom. In this role, he serves as counsel to ADF as it carries out its organizational mission and leads … a team helping an alliance of church and ministry members to fulfill their religious missions without unnecessary legal … structure. Prior to his position at Young Life, Ziel spent 12 years in the General Counsel’s office at Cru (formerly …

… Her business was one of the first San Antonio employers to hire clubhouse members through the group’s first ever Transitional Employment Program. To date, A Novel Idea has employed dozens of clubhouse … members, some of whom were homeless when they began to work. Lisa has also been a small business advocate at the …

… (BODA), a statewide independent adjudicatory body of 12 lawyers concerned with legal ethics, disciplinary … and The University of Chicago before returning home to Texas to earn his law degree at The University of Texas School of …

… as a financial counselor. He earnestly studied the Bible to learn what it says about handling money, and was soon teaching small groups …

… legal solutions and corporate engagement strategies to neutralize mounting corporate hostility to people of faith and to encourage corporations to respect free speech, religious …

… v. Preczewski , successfully securing nominal damages to hold government officials liable for constitutional … against government hostility toward religious beliefs about marriage; and Town of Greece v. Galloway , successfully defending the freedom of Americans to pray at public meetings. Cortman was included in the …

… direction of the CMA program, which serves as a resource to ministries by providing them with the day-to-day operational legal advice they need to fulfill their religious missions. Prior to joining …