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… as senior counsel and director of strategic engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role … students and professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other …

… and develop the resources needed to ensure the ministry’s capacity to respond to opportunities. As the first … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team … projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the launch of ADF in 1994, Sears provided strategic …

… Legal Counsel Hailey Vrdolyak serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the … as a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, … from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the state bar of …

… Legal Counsel Christy Hirsch serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Christian Ministries. Hirsch primarily advises … the University of Virginia School of Law in 2019. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow and a member of the state bar of …

… serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom … Carolina. Before that, he engaged in private practice with the firm of Perry, Perry, & Perry, in Kinston, North …

… and director of the Center for Christian Ministries with Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees all litigation … under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business … Texas and Arizona, Tucker is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal district and appellate …

… churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark … of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s … Corps, (JAG) before entering private law practice in what is today called The Whitehead Law Firm, LLC. Mike and …

… Director at Alliance Defending Freedom. He is graduate of Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree in religion, and he earned a master’s in public …

… Elise Gillson graduated from St. Cloud State University with a Bachelor’s in Piano Performance. Shortly after, she left her home … in 2016. She joined the Alliance Defending Freedom team in 2017 as Development Administrative Assistant. She enjoys …

… president at Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees ADF’s regulatory practice, government relations, and corporate … engagement teams. He also advises executive leadership with strategic initiatives and appears as counsel for ADF … general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the Texas attorney general. In those roles, he oversaw the …