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… Defending Freedom. He oversees all litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom … under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business … Tucker engaged in private practice for over 16 years with a litigation boutique law firm in San Antonio, Texas, eight …

… on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that includes training, …

… engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the Strategic Relations and Training Team. … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other …

… M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at … multinational precedents. From 2018 to 2021, Kilmartin was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump Administration, serving the U.S. Department of Labor as deputy chief of staff in the Office …

… argued two cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals, and filed a wide array of amicus briefs on religious freedom, free … bars of Georgia, Arizona, and Virginia, Gray is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 12 U.S. Courts of Appeals, and various other appellate and …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom of Christians to freely exercise their faith in the marketplace without … . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner successfully represented a Christian …

… Rehnquist Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar and the Honorable … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served … Fellowship in 2017.  Prior to law school, Barnett earned a Bachelor of Arts in both history and political science from …

… with Alliance Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme … litigated six matters with at least $1 billion at stake. A recent study concluded that among all frequent Supreme … had the 3rd highest success rate for persuading justices to adopt his legal position. Bursch served as solicitor …

… 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 … of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s …

… on law, politics, and culture. Additionally, Graham is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute in … (BODA), a statewide independent adjudicatory body of 12 lawyers concerned with legal ethics, disciplinary … and The University of Chicago before returning home to Texas to earn his law degree at The University of Texas …