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… Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team … in 50 cases nationwide. The ministry also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the …

… leads the Allied Legal Affairs team, which is dedicated to recruiting, engaging with, and strategically deploying … aligned with ADF’s mission to protect and promote life, religious liberty, free speech, marriage and family, … of the Secretary, and then as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for …

… Defending Freedom, where he was a member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Schmitt advanced litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom … laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2017. During law school, Paul externed with the Illinois …

… Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake serves as senior counsel for regulatory litigation at Alliance Defending Freedom. Over … as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of …

… Ryan Tucker Senior Counsel, Director of the Center for Christian Ministries Ryan Tucker serves as senior counsel … Defending Freedom. He oversees all litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom … under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business …

… as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Christian Ministries. Hirsch primarily advises members of … Court. She then joined ADF as a litigation fellow for the Life and Legislative teams. Hirsch graduated summa cum laude … the University of Virginia School of Law in 2019. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow and a member of the state bar of …

… Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Mr. Brooks focuses his efforts on … school policies that usurp the right of parents to direct life-critical therapeutic choices for their own children; and … 19 of those as a partner in the litigation department. In 2017, he took early retirement from Cravath in order to …

… Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Legislative Advocacy. In this role, her efforts are directed toward protecting life from conception to natural death and defending the conscience rights of …

… Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. 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 …

… Denise Harle Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Life Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance … arguments in a wide variety of constitutional cases. In 2017, she was selected as a U.S. Supreme Court Fellow, …