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… president for strategic initiatives and special counsel to the president at Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees ADF’s regulatory practice, government relations, and corporate … case as the #1 verdict in the securities category for 2015-2019, and The National Law Journal ranked it in its “Top 100 …

… over a decade of experience working with the public sector to grow, equip, and engage a broad alliance committed to … alliance. She also helps to direct and implement the team’s vision to engage allies in ADF’s advocacy efforts and … across the country. From 2012 to 2015, she litigated important cases advancing religious liberty and marriage, …

… speech codes enforced at Pennsylvania State University. Case: Fluehr v. Pennsylvania State University Image Acts of … find offensive. Incredibly, officials even went so far as to say that "acts of intolerance will not be tolerated." What's more, the university limited free student expression to a …

… students and professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System  case in 1999, challenging the university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …

… made a living as an engineer, but then something changed. Case: Reed v. Town of Gilbert Image Pastor Clyde Reed wasn’t … as an engineer, but then something changed. Feeling God’s call in his life, Clyde entered seminary seeking to become a full-time pastor. Now over 80 years old, Clyde …

… Hollow Hills High School East on Long Island, New York. Case: J.P. v. Board of Education of Half Hollow Hills Central … the Board announced that it had cancelled the Club due to budget cuts and a lack of participation by the students in … Freedom filed a lawsuit challenging the school district’s violation of the Equal Access Act, which requires a school …

… rights and advocacy strategy. She joined ADF in 2021 to support its strategic initiatives for influencing culture to preserve the fundamental rights of parents to guide and … also as an associate attorney at Smith & Pugh, PLC. From 2019 to 2021, she was an active and outspoken parent advocate …

… their conservative views on the campus of Georgia Tech. Case: Sklar v. Clough Image Ruth Malhotra and Orit Sklar … of Georgia Tech. The two united in their vocal opposition to the school's ironclad speech codes, which severely curtailed any student …

… defending the right of Christian adoption agencies to operate in accordance with the teachings of their faith; … of New York. When the ACLU sued to overturn New Hampshire’s tuition tax credit, Mr. Brooks represented Christian … a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights …

… solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of West Virginia from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, she argued 26 federal and state appeals, including before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She received the …