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… Initiatives. When she joined ADF in 2012, Kiefer worked to defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, religious schools, and Christian ministries to exercise their faith without government interference. …

… Defending Freedom. In this role, he serves as counsel to ADF as it carries out its organizational mission and leads … 2008. Ziel earned his bachelor’s degree in history at the University of Illinois and spent four years serving as a … Ziel is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Florida, and Colorado. … Don Ziel … Vice President of Church & Ministry …

… 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 … in Lewisville, Texas. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi and his Bachelor of Arts in history …

… argued three of those cases, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ,  Uzuebgunam v. Presczewski … courts and tribunals. It has also successfully secured the release of hundreds of imprisoned Christians around the … State ex rel Gallwey v. Grimm (financial aid to religious university students), and State v. Hamlin (clergy-penitent …

… Center for Academic Freedom representing clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional … in cases such as  Queens College Students for Life v. City University of New York Board of Trustees , Ratio Christi v. … petition for certiorari in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission at the U.S. Supreme Court. …

… Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads ADF’s efforts to combat corporate cancel culture and build a business ethic … cake artist Jack Phillips in  Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission before the U.S. Supreme … Tedesco earned his Juris Doctor in 2004 from the Regent University School of Law. … Jeremy Tedesco … Senior Counsel, …

… professionals, and the First Amendment freedoms of public university students and professors. Lorence argued before the … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …  (2015), as well as other Supreme Court cases such as  Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (2010),  Good News Club …

… Increase (MI), a 501c3 organization whose mission is to equip nonprofits, givers, and churches to multiply their … Scott served as president of The Scharpen Foundation, a Christian non-profit that he and his wife Carolyn founded in … as New York-Presbyterian, Northwestern Hospital, Stanford University, Loma Linda University, and Intermountain …

… defending churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a … Widmar v. Vincent (454 US 263), establishing the right of Christian students to “equal access” to student union space for Bible study and prayer meetings at a public university. The Court ruled 8-1 in favor of Mike’s clients, …

… on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop … term, and Geneva College v. Burwell and Southern Nazarene University v. Burwell in the 2015-2016 term. Under Sears’ … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …