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… Alice Chao serves as a Media Relations Specialist at Alliance Defending Freedom. She earned a master’s degree in sociology from California State University, Fullerton and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of California, San Diego. She previously worked as a Media …

… Denise Harle Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Life Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance … Life and leads her team’s litigation and advocacy efforts to defend pro-life laws around the nation. She also works … several years as an appellate litigator at a large firm in California. Harle earned bachelor’s degrees, summa cum laude …

… Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and … staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious freedom, free speech, and sanctity of life. Cortman … v. Preczewski , successfully securing nominal damages to hold government officials liable for constitutional …

… governing board of Alliance Defending Freedom.  He brings to his board service leadership experience and trustworthy … and attended public schools in Indiana, Colorado, and California.  He earned a B.A. magna cum laude from the … from Harvard Law School. After graduate school, he served for three years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, …

… Payne Legal Counsel Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this … and end of life issues. Before joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy … and also worked on cases concerning immigration, religious liberty, federalism, the Commerce Clause, criminal …

… Her business was one of the first San Antonio employers to hire clubhouse members through the group’s first ever … Task Force. She has received numerous awards and accolades for her work advocating for small businesses and has been … with organizations that share her faith and belief in religious freedoms. She’s a current member of C12, a …

… leads the Allied Legal Affairs team, which is dedicated to recruiting, engaging with, and strategically deploying … aligned with ADF’s mission to protect and promote life, religious liberty, free speech, marriage and family, and … of the Secretary, and then as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for …

… Center for Academic Freedom representing clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional … University of Houston—Clear Lake , and Apodaca v. White (California State University) successfully representing … entities to affirm the fundamental freedoms of speech and religious liberty. With ADF’s Center for Conscience …

… and Scholarship. In this role, Shafer devotes his efforts to strategic research and innovation. Since joining ADF in 2005, he has litigated religious liberty and free speech cases at the trial and … their children, including the In Re Rachel L. case in California; vindicating the rights of religious institutions …

… Initiatives. When she joined ADF in 2012, Kiefer worked to defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, religious schools, and Christian ministries to exercise their … a Blackstone Fellow. She is admitted to the state bar of California, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, …