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… strategy and the Center for Conscience Initiatives with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he identifies new … ADF in 2006, Scruggs has worked on and prevailed in a variety of cases that protect the right of people to freely … Studio v. Phoenix , which Scruggs argued at the Arizona Supreme Court. Scruggs has argued before numerous federal …

… Senior Counsel Phil Sechler serves as senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, where he focuses on academic and religious freedom. Before joining ADF, Sechler had a long career in private practice, with substantial … Columbia Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal appellate and trial …

… Counsel Jeffrey Shafer serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Center for Cultural Engagement and … to the bar in Ohio and Illinois, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, and numerous federal district and appellate …

… Legal Counsel Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, … worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy attorney general for five years. While at the AG’s … issues. Payne is a member of the bars of the Indiana Supreme Court, the northern and southern districts of …

… Counsel Chris Schandevel serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that … unjust results. Among other clients, he has represented a faith-based pregnancy resource center and adoption agency, … represented the Thomas More Law Center in the U.S. Supreme Court. And he regularly represents clients in …

… Center for Life Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is the director of the … Harle took the primary role in drafting briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in NIFLA v. Becerra , resulting in a free-speech victory for pro-life pregnancy centers. She was …

… Gray Senior Counsel Rory Gray serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that … level and specializes in litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. Since 2011, Gray … argued two cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals, and filed a wide array of amicus briefs on religious freedom, free …

… Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Life Team working to defend … and religion. In NIFLA v. Becerra he was part of the Supreme Court team that protected California pregnancy …

… ADF in 2013 As the CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner leads the … of countries. Since 2011, ADF has won 15 cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, including serving on Mississippi’s legal team … Supreme Court in December 2022. Internationally, ADF has a strong track record of success at the European Court of …

… senior counsel and director of strategic engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the Strategic Relations and Training Team. … students and professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. Board …