Mallory Rechtenbach

Mallory Rechtenbach serves as legal counsel on the Parental Rights team at Alliance Defending Freedom.

Rechtenbach earned her J.D., with highest distinction, from the University of Nebraska College of Law and was selected for Order of the Coif. During law school, she served as Articles Editor for the Nebraska Law Review and as a research assistant to Professor Richard Duncan.

Following law school, Rechtenbach completed fellowships at the Institute for Free Speech and ADF. Next, she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Rechtenbach was also commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2019. Additionally, she has published two law review articles: More Than Mere “Constitutional Window Dressing”: Why the Press Clause Should Protect a Limited Right to Gather Information in the Nebraska Law Review and Personal Foul—Encroachment: How Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Blurs the Line Between Government Endorsement of Religion and Private Religious Expression in the Regent University Law Review.