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… Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as longtime leader of the … all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… Alliance Defending Freedom Non-profit organization Alliance Defending Freedom advocates for your right to freely live out your … affirming and protecting religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family.   … Alliance Defending …

… CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner leads the faith-based legal … in dozens of countries. Since 2011, ADF has won 15 cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, including serving on Mississippi’s … courts and tribunals. It has also successfully secured the release of hundreds of imprisoned Christians around the …

… Cody Barnett serves as legal counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team, where he represents … ADF, Barnett served as the William H. Rehnquist Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the … R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the …

… president of the Center for Life and regulatory practice at Alliance Defending Freedom. Before joining ADF, Hawley practiced appellate law … “Living Beloved: Lessons From My Little Ones About the Heart of God.” Hawley is a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme …

… Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the sanctity of life by litigating both beginning and end of life issues. Before joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy …

… Ali Kilmartin Senior Counsel, Vice President of Allied Legal Affairs Alison (Ali) M. Kilmartin serves as … president of Allied Legal Affairs with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, she leads the Allied Legal Affairs … in hundreds of precedent-setting matters and 74 victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, including serving as lead or …

… Denise Harle Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Life Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is the director of the Center for Life and … and worked for several years as an appellate litigator at a large firm in California. Harle earned bachelor’s …

… as legal counsel for the Center for Christian Ministries at Alliance Defending Freedom. Before joining ADF, Dill worked as an associate at a … Dill received her J.D. in 2019 from Duke University School of Law, where she served as an articles editor for the Duke …

… Jordan Lorence Senior Counsel, Director of Strategic Engagement Jordan Lorence serves as senior … director of strategic engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the Strategic … the right of conscience in  Elane Photography v. Willock  at the New Mexico Supreme Court. Lorence has worked on ADF’s …