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… Emilie Kao serves as senior counsel and vice president of advocacy strategy for Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the U.S. Legal Team. In this role, she supports ADF’s … provided strategy, research, and policy recommendations on life, marriage, and religious freedom consistent with …

… where she assisted in upholding the First Amendment rights of pro-life organizations and advocates. Bongiorno earned her J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law and obtained her B.A., summa cum laude , in …

… Center for Public Policy. Her work focuses on protecting life from conception to natural death. Before joining ADF, … Florida Supreme Court and Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal. She also served as a criminal prosecutor in the … Doctor in 2015 from the Florida State University College of Law where she served as managing editor of the Law Review …

… served at ADF as a first-year lawyer fellow on the Life Team. Prior to joining ADF, Kisley clerked for the Honorable Eric E. Murphy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for the Honorable … III on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude , from …

… for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Christian Ministries. In this role, Lippelmann is focused on protecting the freedom of Christian ministries, schools, and churches to exercise … the most advanced and complex litigation in support of pro-life laws. Prior to joining ADF, Lippelmann worked as an …

… on preserving and reclaiming religious freedom, freedom of speech, and freedom of association for students and faculty at universities … And he comments on free speech and religious freedom issues in numerous media outlets, including The Federalist …

… Scruggs serves as senior counsel and vice president of litigation strategy and the Center for Conscience … legal counsel and litigation team directors. As the leader of the Center for Conscience Initiatives, Scruggs oversees … religious-liberty, establishment, and equal-protection issues on behalf of students, businesses, professionals, and …

… Brett Harvey serves as senior counsel and vice president of client and alliance engagement with Alliance Defending … on recruitment, professional engagement, and integration of allies into ADF’s advocacy efforts, including coordinating … of state and federal courts, focusing on the protection of life and religious freedom. Most notably, he successfully …

… Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, … reform efforts and worked to approve legislation on many issues including education, foster care, and protecting the unborn. Spena graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom. She advises members of ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance on issues involving their religious liberty and helps protect … degree, cum laude , from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. While in law school, she served as managing editor of …