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… as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of … in 2009. She received her B.A. in Politics and Theology & Religious Studies phi beta kappa from the Catholic University …

… Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the … and also worked on cases concerning immigration, religious liberty, federalism, the Commerce Clause, criminal … cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where she served as an editor on the Indiana Law …

Nathan Cherry graduated from Liberty University with an associates degree in Biblical Studies, and earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Trinity Theological Seminary.

… visual, digital, and constituent communications.  Prior to rejoining ADF in 2021, Scott served as director of media … in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. From 2004 to 2017, Scott served ADF in a variety of media and … vice president of communications. Before that, he spent 10 years on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, most …

… on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team … designed to ensure attorneys are fully equipped to defend religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage and …

… advises members of ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance to help them navigate religious liberty issues and protect their constitutional … a Florida public school district. In addition, for nearly 10 years she served on the in-house legal counsel team for …

… Vrdolyak serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Conscience … Before joining ADF, Vrdolyak served as a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals … from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the state bar of …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom of Christians to freely exercise their faith in the marketplace without … and Telescope Media Group v. Lucero . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner …

… defending the right of Christian adoption agencies to operate in accordance with the teachings of their faith; … 19 of those as a partner in the litigation department. In 2017, he took early retirement from Cravath in order to devote his energies to advancing free speech and religious liberty. Mr. Brooks’ years of commercial practice …

… a broad range of litigation, with a primary focus on religious liberty, free speech, student privacy, conscience … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other …