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… M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at … also directs the Grants & Funding Program which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 million in grant funds to … Catholic entities challenging the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, which ultimately resulted in a win in Zubik v. …

… from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that … Hodel. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Sears has continued his education with professional instruction at … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… creative professionals, medical professionals, and others to live out their faith in the workplace without government coercion, harassment, or discrimination. Before joining ADF in 2021, Frampton was a partner at an AmLaw 100 firm …

… completed fellowships at the Institute for Free Speech and ADF. Next, she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on … More Than Mere “Constitutional Window Dressing”: Why the Press Clause Should Protect a Limited Right to Gather … v. Bremerton School District Blurs the Line Between Government Endorsement of Religion and Private Religious …

… in our culture. Chandler is also the architect of the ADF Summit on Religious Liberty, the organization’s flagship program that convenes leaders in law, government, public policy, media, business, and the church to … levels, including at the U.S. Supreme Court. He also has experience overseeing ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship, …

… affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom. In that role, he has overseen the development and execution of strategic communications plans for the expansion of ADF’s mission into state legal advocacy efforts, … Watts represents ADF at external events, conferences, press conferences, and in the media. Watts also develops …

… to joining HHS, Bowman was an accomplished litigator at ADF for over ten years. He filed and argued NIFLA v. Becerra … the first court order blocking Obamacare’s abortion pill mandate in Newland v. Sebelius . He went on to win several … in Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Burwell . Bowman’s work has been profiled in the New York Times, and he has published …

… religious freedom and the sanctity of life. Before joining ADF, Thompson served as an assistant solicitor general in the … the state in its successful challenge to the federal government’s reinterpretation of an emergency-medicine statute to mandate abortion. As an assistant solicitor general, Thompson …

… defending the rights of professionals and business owners to live out their faith as well as the litigation efforts to … equal opportunities for women in athletics. Since joining ADF in 2006, Scruggs has worked on and prevailed in a variety of cases that …

… the world. Waggoner oversees the efforts of more than 400 ADF team members in seven global offices as well as … in dozens of countries. Since [adf:scotus_wins_year], ADF has won [adf:scotus_wins_count] cases at the U.S. Supreme … courts and tribunals. It has also successfully secured the release of hundreds of imprisoned Christians around the …