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… degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Utah and a master of arts in theology from Biola … University. He has previously written for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Advocates for Faith and Freedom, and his personal blog, the Religion and Politics Blog . … Neal Hardin … Web …

… Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team … these students to assume leadership positions to shape the future of law and culture across the globe. Sears earned his …

… Over the last decade, she has been on the front lines of high-profile, precedent-setting cases challenging federal … as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state … in 2009. She received her B.A. in Politics and Theology & Religious Studies phi beta kappa from the Catholic University …

… Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by litigating both beginning and end of life issues. … 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 …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Mr. Brooks focuses … 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 …

… Cody Barnett serves as legal counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team, where he represents … R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …

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

… (Ali) M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at Alliance Defending Freedom. Kilmartin also directs the Grants & Funding Program … just under a decade, including in the U.S. Supreme Court on several occasions. In 2014, Kilmartin successfully …

… Jordan Lorence serves as senior counsel and director of strategic engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, … a broad range of litigation, with a primary focus on religious liberty, free speech, student privacy, conscience …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other …

… Ryan Tucker serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Christian Ministries with Alliance … protected freedom of churches, Christian ministries and religious schools to exercise their rights under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business …