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… the Center for Public Policy. In this role, he leads ADF’s team of policy experts as they craft legislation and advise … a school talent show. He authored an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of nearly 9,000 students, parents, …

… 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 & Tomich and oversaw the firm’s Illinois office. In that position, he litigated civil …

Abigail Bongiorno serves as legal counsel with the Church and Ministry Alliance at Alliance Defending Freedom. Bongiorno practices First Amendment law, primarily advising Church and Ministry Alliance members to best protect their religious liberty rights. Prior to joining ADF, Bongiorno worked for Thomas More Society, where she assisted in upholding the First Amendment rights of pro-life organizations and advocates. Bongiorno earned her J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law and obtained her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science and Spanish from Eastern Michigan University. She is a 2017 ...

… clerked for the Honorable Sara Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. … as staff attorney with the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he represented …

… Cortman serves as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been … cases in federal and state court. He has argued in the U.S. Supreme Court in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer , … freedom of Americans to pray at public meetings. Cortman was included in the Empirical SCOTUS Supreme Court All-Stars …

… from Hillsdale College in 2018. As a law student, Gilio was a member of several organizations including the …

… states in an unclaimed-property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the … Eighth Circuit. Prior to his government service, Wagner was an associate with Baker Botts L.L.P. Wagner earned his …

… churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. Vincent (454 US 263), …

… of Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. He also was a partner in the litigation boutique of Robbins, Russell, … Professional Responsibility. Sechler received his bachelor’s degree with high distinction from Pennsylvania State … for the Honorable Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Sechler is an active …

… for one of the largest banks in the country. She also was a legal clerk at a boutique bankruptcy and business law … for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. She was Chair of the Moot Court Board and held leadership …