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… Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by litigating both beginning and end of life issues. … the attorney general. She has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, the Southern District … and Indiana state courts. Payne graduated cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where …

… Diversity Score initiative. Prior to joining ADF in 2018, Jay worked at Heartbeat International. There, he … Diversity Score initiative. Prior to joining ADF in 2018, Jay worked at Heartbeat International. There, he …

… rights to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served … in an unclaimed-property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. … Botts L.L.P. Wagner earned his B.A., summa cum laude , from Harding University and his J.D. from the University of …

… clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional government censorship. In this role, he … v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission at the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also been appointed special assistant attorney … matters. Dalton earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude , from Regent University School of Law, where he served as an …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Before joining ADF, … as a law clerk to Judge Leslie H. Southwick of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. During law school, … Columbia. In 2019, Howard earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, …

… Jonathan Scruggs Senior Counsel, Vice President of Litigation Strategy & Center for Conscience Initiatives … v. Phoenix , which Scruggs argued at the Arizona Supreme Court. Scruggs has argued before numerous federal appellate … entities. Scruggs earned his B.A., summa cum laude , from Vanderbilt University in 2003 and his J.D. at Harvard …

… John Bursch Senior Counsel, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch is senior counsel and vice … Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court cases, and he … served as solicitor general for the state of Michigan from 2011-2013. He also worked for a large Michigan law firm …

… protect the First Amendment speech and conscience rights of pro-life medical professionals and pregnancy centers. … professionals, and advocates after the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade . She was one of several ADF … degrees, summa cum laude ¸ in religion and communication from Mercer University and a Juris Doctor, cum laude , from …

… David A. Cortman Senior Counsel, Vice President of U.S. Litigation David A. Cortman serves as senior counsel … hundreds of constitutional law cases in federal and state court. He has argued in the U.S. Supreme Court in Trinity … , securing a 9-0 ruling that prohibits the government from discriminating against religious speech. He also served …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom. Reed litigates on behalf of churches, Christian ministries, and religious schools to … rights claims. Reed earned his law degree summa cum laude from the University of Akron School of Law in 2019. While in law school, Reed was …