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… Payne Legal Counsel Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by … Payne graduated cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where she served as an editor on the …

… served as executive director of Presbyterians Pro-Life for eighteen years and then as executive director and renewal … of Presbyterian Pro-Life, Research, Education, and Care, Inc. Before beginning her career in the ministry, she was a secondary public school teacher and supervisor of special education programs …

… counsel and senior vice president of corporate engagement for Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads … before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued Phillips’ case at the Colorado Court of Appeals. He was also the lead … wins,  Reed v. Town of Gilbert  and  Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn . Tedesco has also argued …

… Defending Freedom, where he was a member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Schmitt advanced litigation efforts … religious schools. Prior to joining ADF, Schmitt clerked for the Honorable Michael S. Kanne on the United States Court … University of Illinois College of Law in 2017. During law school, Paul externed with the Illinois Fourth District …

… Bowman Senior Counsel Matt Bowman serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he focuses on the … and argued NIFLA v. Becerra in the lower federal courts, a case where the Supreme Court later protected the free speech … summa cum laude and was first in his class at Ave Maria School of Law in 2003. He is a member of the bar of the …

… Dill Legal Counsel Andrea Dill serves as legal counsel for the Center for Christian Ministries at Alliance Defending Freedom. … Dill received her J.D. in 2019 from Duke University School of Law, where she served as an articles editor for the …

… and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner joined ADF in 2013 As the CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance … including serving on Mississippi’s legal team in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade . Waggoner successfully … Seattle law firm Ellis, Li & McKinstry, where she served for over 16 years. At ELM, she served as counsel in hundreds …

… Vincent Wagner serves as senior counsel with the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom where he … parents’ rights to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner … He is a 2012 Blackstone Fellow. Immediately after law school, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the U.S. …

… Kate Anderson Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Parental Rights Kate Anderson serves as senior counsel … on the trial team in Stormans v. Wiesman , a pivotal case in defense of freedom of conscience for pharmacists in … law degree magna cum laude in 2009 from Gonzaga University School of Law, where she served on the Gonzaga Law Review . …

… Senior Counsel Jeremiah Galus serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Since joining ADF in 2015, Galus … J.D., cum laude, in 2009 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as senior research editor of …