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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 … also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the … equipped to defend religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage and family. These attorneys have reported more …

… 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 West Virginia from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, she argued 26 federal and state …

… 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 …

… interned at the Heritage Foundation in media relations and for Rep. Kevin McCarthy on his campaign finance team. While … and parenting students, spread awareness on the issue of abortion, and engage in public policy. With the help of … Ellie was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She grew up in a traditional Catholic home as the youngest of eight …

… 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 …

… faith communities. Cochran dedicated over 30 years of his life to fighting fires and protecting the communities in … poverty in Shreveport, Louisiana, he worked his way up the ranks and became Shreveport’s fire chief in 1999 where he served until he was appointed fire chief for the city of Atlanta, Georgia in 2008. His exemplary …

…  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other … and  Witters v. Washington State Department of Services for the Blind  (1985). Lorence has made media appearances on …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other …

… Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …  He completed ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship in 2017.  Prior to law school, Barnett earned a Bachelor of Arts …

… Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Before joining ADF, Vrdolyak … from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the state bar of … from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the state bar of …

… students to “equal access” to student union space for Bible study and prayer meetings at a public university. … of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s … as associate professor of church and law. Mike grew up in Independence, MO and graduated from Missouri …