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… to protect and promote life, religious liberty, free speech, marriage and family, and parental rights. Attorneys … of the Secretary, and then as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for … J.D. summa cum laude and was first in her class at Penn State Law. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, …

… with a primary focus on religious liberty, free speech, student privacy, conscience rights of creative professionals, … Lamb’s Chapel  (1993), and  Witters v. Washington State Department of Services for the Blind  (1985). Lorence has made media appearances on …

… worked on numerous pro-life efforts at the local, state, and national levels. In 2017, with the help of ADF, … action against a Fresno State professor for leading a group of students in defacing her student group’s university-approved, pro-life chalk messages. …

… also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the … He has helped fashion the language for numerous state and federal laws and has testified before committees of … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… interned at the Heritage Foundation in media relations and for Rep. Kevin McCarthy on his campaign finance team. While … of Students for Life on her campus where she led her group in their initiatives to support pregnant and parenting … attempted to condition the group’s speech by requiring the group to issue “trigger warnings.” Ellie has …

… 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 … as Stormans v. Wiesman (pharmacists’ conscience rights), State ex rel Gallwey v. Grimm (financial aid to religious …

… and adoption agency, a Christian photographer, a college student and conservative student group, a former Planned Parenthood clinic manager, female … represents clients in friend-of-the-court briefs filed in state and federal appellate courts and in the U.S. Supreme …

… in Denton v. Hecht , he successfully defended a Florida State University student after he was removed as Student Senate President … simply for sharing his Catholic views in a private group chat. In Cross v. Loudoun County Public Schools , he …

… Matt Sharp Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Legislative Advocacy Matt Sharp serves as senior counsel … of the Center for Legislative Advocacy and focuses on state and local legislative matters. Since joining ADF in … on important cases advancing religious freedom and free speech. He has won cases upholding the rights of students to …

… Senior Counsel Travis C. Barham serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role … public college cannot get a free pass after they violate a student’s constitutional rights. In Meriwether v. Hartop , … freely on campus. Barham has also testified before several state legislatures on the importance of protecting First …