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… Defending Freedom. He served in this capacity from 2017 until 2022.    … Michael Farris … Former President & CEO …

… Michael Ross serves as legal counsel for the Corporate Engagement Team with Alliance Defending … legal solutions and corporate engagement strategies to neutralize mounting corporate hostility to people of faith … the Vanderbilt Transnational Law Journal. He obtained B.A.’s in mathematics and religious studies from Vanderbilt …

… Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this … worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy attorney general for five years. While at the AG’s … cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where she served as an editor on the Indiana Law …

… brings two decades of legal and training experience to developing and implementing long-range strategies to grow, equip, and engage a broad alliance committed to safeguarding our most cherished freedoms and the rule of law. With a passion for strategic collaboration, Chandler helps lead the …

… Andrea Dill serves as legal counsel for the Center for Christian Ministries at Alliance Defending … in 2014. After graduating from Texas A&M, she worked as a design engineer at a large engineering, procurement, and construction company. Dill is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and Texas. … …

… litigated six matters with at least $1 billion at stake. A recent study concluded that among all frequent Supreme Court advocates who did not work for the federal government, he had the 3rd highest success rate for persuading justices to adopt his legal position. Bursch served as solicitor …

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

… Scott Scharpen is the Chief Strategy Officer for Mission Increase (MI), a 501c3 organization whose mission is to equip nonprofits, givers, and churches to multiply their …

… on law, politics, and culture. Additionally, Graham is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute in … Society, where he serves on the executive committee for the Professional Responsibility & Legal Education … and The University of Chicago before returning home to Texas to earn his law degree at The University of Texas …

… Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Public Policy. In this role, he leads ADF’s team of … speech. He has won cases upholding the rights of students to form religious clubs, invite classmates to church, and even perform a religious song at a school talent show. He authored an …