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… joining ADF, Pope was an associate at a large law firm in Kansas City, Missouri. In that role, she represented major pharmaceutical … as a law clerk for Judge Eric E. Murphy on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She graduated magna cum …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and ministries … Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. Vincent (454 US …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Life Team working to defend pro-life speech … states of Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, Kansas, and Arizona. He is also a member of the U.S. Supreme …

… to further ADF’s mission and conducts research in support of ADF’s strategic plans. Before joining ADF, Barceleau was Of Counsel at Fusion Law, where she focused on financial … served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Kansas, where she represented Kansas and its officials in …

… Center for Life, where he litigates across the spectrum of matters involving constitutional freedoms and the sanctity … support for ADF’s litigation in College of the Ozarks v. Biden . Garrison was a federal prosecutor for 14 years and was U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018-2021. He personally prosecuted hundreds of …

… Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, … joining ADF, Spena served as Deputy Policy Director in the Missouri governor’s office where he oversaw the state’s … protecting the unborn. Spena graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an …

… (Ali) M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen … approximately $55 million in grant funds to thousands of legal projects and cases, many of which have set national … mandate, which ultimately resulted in a win in Zubik v. Burwell. Kilmartin earned her J.D. summa cum laude and was …

… Zack Pruitt serves as senior counsel and director of U.S. government relations at Alliance Defending Freedom. … and legislative work at the national level on behalf of the broader ADF legislative advocacy team. As a principal … Rapids, Michigan, and managed a state Senate campaign in Missouri. Pruitt earned his Juris Doctor with a certificate …

… general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the Texas attorney general. In those roles, he oversaw the … to that, he served as deputy for civil litigation for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, overseeing the state’s … the verdict Bangert achieved in the Janvey v. Maldonado case as the #1 verdict in the securities category for …

… A. Cortman serves as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has … in the U.S. Supreme Court in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer , securing a 7-2 victory that overturned Missouri’s denial of a religious school’s participation in a …