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… Vincent Wagner serves as senior counsel with the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom where he … children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy solicitor general. There he represented …

… 2017, with the help of ADF, Bernadette took legal action against a Fresno State professor for leading a group of students in defacing her student group’s university-approved, pro-life chalk messages. …

… legal counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom Center for Legislative Advocacy. She is an advocate for religious … liberty, freedom of speech and pro-life efforts in Arkansas. Nichols began her career in commercial litigation … worked in higher education administration for Arkansas State University-Beebe, where she worked in federal and state …

… interned at the Heritage Foundation in media relations and for Rep. Kevin McCarthy on his campaign finance team. While … of Students for Life on her campus where she led her group in their initiatives to support pregnant and parenting … when her administration attempted to condition the group’s speech by requiring the group to issue “trigger warnings.” …

… public college cannot get a free pass after they violate a student’s constitutional rights. In Meriwether v. Hartop , … that public universities cannot discriminate or retaliate against Christian and conservative professors in promotion … freely on campus. Barham has also testified before several state legislatures on the importance of protecting First …

… with a primary focus on religious liberty, free speech, student privacy, conscience rights of creative professionals, … Lamb’s Chapel  (1993), and  Witters v. Washington State Department of Services for the Blind  (1985). Lorence has made media appearances on …

… Ross Legal Counsel Michael Ross serves as legal counsel for the Corporate Engagement Team with Alliance Defending … the First Amendment freedoms of college students and student organizations on university campuses. Before joining … he represented cities and counties across the country against sexually oriented businesses. Ross earned his Juris …

… Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role at the Center for Academic Freedom representing clients seeking to speak … of Houston—Clear Lake , and Apodaca v. White (California State University) successfully representing students in … eliminating restrictive “speech zones” and discriminatory student organization funding and recognition policies. Since …

… Matt Sharp Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Legislative Advocacy Matt Sharp serves as senior counsel … of the Center for Legislative Advocacy and focuses on state and local legislative matters. Since joining ADF in … asking the Court to uphold students’ right to privacy against government intrusion. Sharp earned his J.D. in 2006 …

… also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the … He has helped fashion the language for numerous state and federal laws and has testified before committees of … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …