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… for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, associate, and worship freely. Before joining ADF, … unborn. Spena graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an editor on the …

… serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Public Policy. In … speech. He has won cases upholding the rights of students to form religious clubs, invite classmates to church, and even perform a religious song at a school talent show. He authored an amicus brief to the U.S. …

… Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious … v. Preczewski , successfully securing nominal damages to hold government officials liable for constitutional …

… brings two decades of legal and training experience to developing and implementing long-range strategies to grow, … including overseeing an ADF regional office in California, where he defended students, churches, and ministries’ First … northern Virginia with his wife, Jennifer, and their five children. … Timothy D. Chandler … Senior Counsel, Vice …

… legislation protecting the fundamental rights of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Before joining ADF, Carpenter practiced law in … Action Badge. Carpenter received his J.D. from Vermont Law School, graduating cum laude in 2016. While at VLS, he was a …

… solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of … Blake was a litigation associate at Baker Botts L.L.P., where she served as volunteer amicus counsel in several ADF … including Town of Greece v. Galloway . Following law school, she served as a law clerk for Judge Paul J. Kelly, …

… counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life, where he litigates across the spectrum of matters involving … LLP, representing clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies, including support for ADF’s … violent crime, white collar crime, and crimes against children. Garrison successfully litigated numerous federal …

… serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Christian … litigation team in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski , leading to a U.S. Supreme Court victory ensuring government officials … J.D., cum laude, in 2009 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as senior research editor of …

… on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop the resources needed to ensure the ministry’s capacity to respond to … Sears earned his Juris Doctor from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. While serving in numerous positions within the …

… of strategic engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the Strategic Relations and … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge … on private worship services after hours in vacant public school buildings in the long-running  Bronx Household of …