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… Whitehead Board Member Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending … ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. …

… President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner joined ADF in 2013 As the CEO, president, and general counsel of … Kristen Waggoner leads the faith-based legal organization in protecting fundamental freedoms and promoting the inherent … firm Ellis, Li & McKinstry, where she served for over 16 years. At ELM, she served as counsel in hundreds of matters …

… on parental rights and advocacy strategy. She joined ADF in 2021 to support its strategic initiatives for influencing … rights of parents to guide and educate their children in accordance with their beliefs. Prior to joining ADF, Supp spent several years in private practice as a law partner at Leffler, Hyland …

… attends Liberty University, where she is earning a BS in Law and Policy and minoring in both Criminal Justice and Government. She currently lives in D.C. and serves as Public Relations Intern for ADF. After …

… of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland, Oregon. Vrdolyak earned her J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 2019, where she was a member of the Dean’s Circle of … cum laude. She also earned her B.A., magna cum laude, in theology and political science from the University of …

… Hirsch graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in political economy from Hillsdale College in 2016 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2019. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow and a member of the …

… counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by litigating … Attorney General as a deputy attorney general for five years. While at the AG’s office, she managed all of Indiana’s … cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where she served as an editor on the Indiana Law …

… Team with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he assists in developing and implementing successful legal solutions and … organizations on university campuses. Before joining ADF in 2019, Ross worked at the Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold … sexually oriented businesses. Ross earned his Juris Doctor in 2016 from Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as …

… freedom. Before joining ADF, Sechler had a long career in private practice, with substantial first-chair trial experience in courts around the country on a variety of complex … Practice at Penn State Law School, where he spent four years teaching courses in Evidence, Professional …

… Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious freedom, free … Cortman has litigated hundreds of constitutional law cases in federal and state court. He has argued in the U.S. Supreme …