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… Ryan Bangert serves as senior vice president for strategic initiatives and special counsel to the … within the office. Prior to that, he served as deputy for civil litigation for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, … consumer protection and antitrust divisions, with over 200 attorneys and staff. During his time in government service, …

… Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional … He has taught CLEs and lectures on the First Amendment and civil rights. … David A. Cortman … Senior Counsel, Vice …

… in the 2015-2016 term. Under Sears’ leadership, ADF attorneys won more than three out of four cases in which they … also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the … four decades, Sears is a member in good standing with the American, Arizona, California, District of Columbia …

… U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System … and  Witters v. Washington State Department of Services for the Blind  (1985). Lorence has made media appearances on … Defense Association, Concerned Women for America, and the American Center for Law and Justice. Lorence earned a J.D. …

… Suzanne Beecher serves as legal counsel for the Center for Conscience Initiatives at Alliance … and civic engagement. Beecher has also served as a civil rights analyst for the Conscience and Religious Freedom … the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Her responsibilities included …

… at the U.S. Supreme Court: Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia … speech, and life issues. Before joining ADF, Gray clerked for the Hon G. Steven Agee on the U.S. Court of Appeals for …

… right of Christian students to “equal access” to student union space for Bible study and prayer meetings at a public university. … Pastor Chris Williams. Mike was one of the first allied attorneys with ADF and served for 25 years on the Grant …

… Jacob Reed serves as legal counsel for the Center for Christian Ministries with Alliance … defended cities, townships, and villages in tort and civil rights claims. Reed earned his law degree summa cum … summa cum laude in 2016 with a B.A. in political science—American politics. In 2016, Reed was a Capitol Hill intern …

… and has authored complaints and submissions to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Court, Court of Justice of the European Union, UN Human Rights Committee, and numerous national … part of the legal team in the historic Eweida and others v. United Kingdom case, where the court handed down a …

… as senior counsel and director of regulatory practice for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he leads the team … as Deputy General Counsel, and then in the Office for Civil Rights. Prior to joining HHS, Bowman was an … at ADF for over ten years. He filed and argued NIFLA v. Becerra in the lower federal courts, a case where the …