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… In that role, he represents ADF clients of all stripes at the appellate level, preserving lower-court victories and … the Virginia attorney general’s office, Schandevel clerked for the Honorable Stephen R. McCullough on the Court of … he founded a student organization called Advocates for Life at Virginia Law. He also completed ADF’s Blackstone …

… Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. Vincent (454 US 263), establishing the right of Christian students to “equal access” to student union space for Bible study and prayer meetings at a public university. …

… Payne Legal Counsel Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by … and end of life issues. Before joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy …

… Warner Senior Counsel Jake Warner serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since … represented a Christian high school student on appeal at the Second Circuit, where the court entered a preliminary injunction that stopped state officials from discriminating against a student based …

… Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Center for Cultural Engagement and Scholarship. In this role, Shafer … home-school their children, including the In Re Rachel L. case in California; vindicating the rights of religious … speech, religion, and association liberties of university students penalized for their viewpoints; and challenging a …

… and Michael T. Hilgers. In that role, he represented the state of Nebraska in cases before state and federal courts and oversaw all civil appeals for the state. In February 2023, Campbell argued Biden v. Nebraska before the U.S. Supreme Court, a case in which Nebraska and five other states challenged the …

… Senior Counsel Travis C. Barham serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role … freedom, freedom of speech, and freedom of association for students and faculty at universities throughout the country. His work has been …

… including serving on Mississippi’s legal team in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade . Waggoner successfully … Seattle law firm Ellis, Li & McKinstry, where she served for over 16 years. At ELM, she served as counsel in hundreds … Gallwey v. Grimm (financial aid to religious university students), and State v. Hamlin (clergy-penitent privilege). …

… Legal Counsel Catie Byrd Kelley served as legal counsel for the Center for Life at Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Kelley … efforts to protect the First Amendment rights of students and professors and defend West Virginia’s Save …

… interned at the Heritage Foundation in media relations and for Rep. Kevin McCarthy on his campaign finance team. While in college, Ellie was President of Students for Life on her campus where she led her group in their …