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… Emilie Kao Senior Counsel, Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao serves as senior counsel and … as senior legal counsel at an international human rights law firm, East Asia team leader in the U.S. Department of … She was an adjunct professor at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University and is co-editor of the …

… Abramson earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School, graduating cum laude. He is a recipient of the …

… Timothy D. Chandler Senior Counsel, Vice President of Church & Ministry Alliance Engagement & Strategic Projects … safeguarding our most cherished freedoms and the rule of law. With a passion for strategic collaboration, Chandler … Senior Staff Retreat, Policy Allies Workshop, and Law School Prep Academy—to recruit, train, and deploy thousands …

… rights to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served … class. He is a 2012 Blackstone Fellow. Immediately after law school, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the U.S. …

… Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, … unborn. Spena graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an editor on the Virginia Law …

… R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the … earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also … ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship in 2017.  Prior to law school, Barnett earned a Bachelor of Arts in both history and …

… to neutralize mounting corporate hostility to people of faith and to encourage corporations to respect free … campuses. Before joining ADF in 2019, Ross worked at the Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold where he represented cities … Ross earned his Juris Doctor in 2016 from Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as president of the Christian Legal …

… religious liberty at the state level and works out of ADF’s Ashburn, VA office. Prior to joining ADF, Chafuen … Gotshal & Manges in Washington, D.C. and one year as a law clerk to the Hon. Alice Batchelder on the Sixth Circuit … of Appeals. Chafuen earned his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, graduating cum laude in 2015. While at Notre Dame, he …

… on preserving and reclaiming religious freedom, freedom of speech, and freedom of association for students and … Juris Doctor in 2006 from Washington and Lee University School of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude. Before graduating …

… She is an advocate for religious freedom, freedom of conscience and a free marketplace of ideas. She is … Nichols was in private practice in the areas of business law, estate planning, illegal taxation and real estate. She … a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law, where she served on the editorial board of the …