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… Emilie Kao Senior Counsel, Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao serves as senior counsel and … Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the U.S. Legal Team. In this role, she supports ADF’s legal and … and policy recommendations on life, marriage, and religious freedom consistent with Constitutional principles. …

… exists to help best prepare and protect churches in the U.S. by providing affordable, religious liberty legal services. ADF Church Alliance … to best prepare and protect them—even advocating on behalf of ministries in court if necessary and appropriate. Learn …

… Nathaniel Bruno Senior Counsel, Vice President of Blackstone Alumni Services Nathaniel (Nate) Bruno serves … legal cases and projects that aim to protect and advance religious freedom, as well as in other Blackstone alumni … property litigation and was co-leader of the firm’s intellectual property practice group that consisted of more …

… Alliance Defending Freedom. She primarily advises members of ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance to help them navigate religious liberty issues and protect their constitutional …

… serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by litigating both beginning and end of life issues. … and also worked on cases concerning immigration, religious liberty, federalism, the Commerce Clause, criminal …

… John Bursch Senior Counsel, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch is senior counsel and vice … president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court …

… Board Member Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending … churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark … became general counsel for the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in its Washington, DC office. …

… Communications & Initiatives Manager at Alliance Defending Freedom, where she supports ADF’s legislative team by overseeing strategic communications … initiatives. Natalie graduated from the University of Virginia in 2015 with a degree in Political Science and is …

… Wilkinson serves as law clerk for Alliance Defending Freedom. He is an English-Qualified attorney and a specialist … involving fundamental freedoms before the European Court of Human Rights and the Courts of England and Wales. He has been a contributor to …

… After his time at Heritage, Scott worked in the U.S. House of Representatives, holding positions that focused … and communications. Prior to joining Alliance Defending Freedom, he served as a Speechwriter at the U.S. Department …