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… Don Ziel serves as vice president of the Church and Ministry … Defending Freedom. In this role, he serves as counsel to ADF as it carries out its organizational mission and leads … a team helping an alliance of church and ministry members to fulfill their religious missions without unnecessary legal …

… on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop … in important roles in 52 victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, including Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at … Kilmartin also directs the Grants & Funding Program which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 million in grant funds … Law for just under a decade, including in the U.S. Supreme Court on several occasions. In 2014, Kilmartin successfully …

… for the Nebraska Law Review and as a research assistant to Professor Richard Duncan. Following law school, … she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Rechtenbach was also … More Than Mere “Constitutional Window Dressing”: Why the Press Clause Should Protect a Limited Right to Gather …

… and public advocacy. ADF also provides legal resources to nearly 4,000 churches and ministries through its Ministry … has won [adf:scotus_wins_count] cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, including serving on Mississippi’s legal team in the … courts and tribunals. It has also successfully secured the release of hundreds of imprisoned Christians around the …

… Watts represents ADF at external events, conferences, press conferences, and in the media. Watts also develops … crisis communications processes and plans. Prior to joining ADF, Watts spent nearly 20 years in various roles …

… Defending Freedom. Bursch has argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases and three dozen state supreme court cases, and he … had the 3rd highest success rate for persuading justices to adopt his legal position. Bursch served as solicitor … entering private practice, Bursch served as a law clerk to the Honorable James B. Loken on the U.S. Court of Appeals …

… defending churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Widmar v. Vincent (454 US 263), establishing the right of Christian students to …

… of all stripes at the appellate level, preserving lower-court victories and seeking to overturn unjust results. Among other clients, he has … represented a faith-based pregnancy resource center and adoption agency, a Christian photographer, a college student …

… and specializes in litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. Since 2011, Gray has served … cases that ADF successfully litigated at the U.S. Supreme Court: Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta, Masterpiece Cakeshop … bars of Georgia, Arizona, and Virginia, Gray is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 12 U.S. Courts of …