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… Defending Freedom. In this role, he serves as counsel to ADF as it carries out its organizational mission and leads a … ministry and in operations leadership. Before joining ADF, Ziel served as senior director of Legal Services and … Counsel’s office at Cru (formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ) leading efforts in contract management, …

… Rechtenbach completed fellowships at the Institute for Free Speech and ADF. Next, she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on … More Than Mere “Constitutional Window Dressing”: Why the Press Clause Should Protect a Limited Right to Gather …

… from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that … also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… the world. Waggoner oversees the efforts of more than 400 ADF team members in seven global offices as well as … courts and tribunals. It has also successfully secured the release of hundreds of imprisoned Christians around the … Seattle law firm Ellis, Li & McKinstry, where she served for over 16 years. At ELM, she served as counsel in hundreds …

… Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Public Policy. In this role, he leads ADF’s team of policy experts as they craft legislation and advise government officials on policies that promote free speech, religious freedom, parental rights, and the …

… forum in city buses. He was also one of several ADF attorneys who assisted Mississippi’s legal team with … Cochran v. City of Atlanta , he defended Chief Cochran’s free speech rights from government censorship, receiving a … also co-authored the 2017 law review article, Free to Do No Harm: Conscience Protections for Healthcare Professionals …

… and as chief of staff and then deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy. She also had a detail to the Executive Office of … Kilmartin was a trial and appellate litigator in Big Law for just under a decade, including in the U.S. Supreme Court …

… Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the ADF Center for Academic Freedom. Since joining ADF in 2006, … ruled 8–1 that officials at a public college cannot get a free pass after they violate a student’s constitutional rights. In …

… Lathan Watts serves as vice president of public affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom. In that role, he has overseen … of strategic communications plans for the expansion of ADF’s mission into state legal advocacy efforts, … Watts represents ADF at external events, conferences, press conferences, and in the media. Watts also develops …

… Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this … both beginning and end of life issues. Before joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney … she served as an editor on the Indiana Law Journal and won best brief in the Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition. …