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… his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2018. He graduated summa cum laude and served as an editor … University with a Bachelor of Science with honors in chemistry and a double major in government. … Mathew …

… and develop the resources needed to ensure the ministry’s capacity to respond to opportunities. As the first … Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed … is a member in good standing with the American, Arizona, California, District of Columbia (inactive), and Kentucky bar …

… & Editor at Alliance Defending Freedom. He graduated from California Baptist University in 2003 with degrees in Political Science and Journalism, and … for nearly 17 years for a statewide trade association in California, and prior to that worked on several state/federal …

… fellowships at the Institute for Free Speech and ADF. Next, she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Rechtenbach was also commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2019. Additionally, she has published two law review …

… video program and spearheads communications for ADF’s Viewpoint Diversity Score initiative. Prior to joining ADF in 2018, Jay worked at Heartbeat International. There, he …

… Team with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he assists in developing and implementing successful legal solutions and … organizations on university campuses. Before joining ADF in 2019, Ross worked at the Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold … the Vanderbilt Transnational Law Journal. He obtained B.A.’s in mathematics and religious studies from Vanderbilt …

… the Center for Conscience Initiatives. When she joined ADF in 2012, Kiefer worked to defend the constitutionally … a Blackstone Fellow. She is admitted to the state bar of California, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, and numerous federal district and appellate …

… The Heritage Foundation and The Fund for American Studies. In 2021, the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional … Distinguished Fellow for her excellence and leadership in constitutional litigation. Gilio graduated magna cum laude … of Law in 2021 and cum laude from Hillsdale College in 2018. As a law student, Gilio was a member of several …

… serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Parental Rights.  Before joining ADF in 2024, Sterett was a partner at the law firm of Dalton & … and partner at Mauck & Baker, LLC in Chicago from 2007 to 2018. While at Mauck & Baker, Sterett became an ADF allied …

… serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life, where he litigates across the spectrum of … 500 companies, including support for ADF’s litigation in College of the Ozarks v. Biden . Garrison was a federal … U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018-2021. He personally prosecuted hundreds of cases …