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… as legal counsel for the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights … joining ADF, Spena served as Deputy Policy Director in the Missouri governor’s office where he oversaw the state’s regulatory reform efforts and worked to approve …

… . Garrison was a federal prosecutor for 14 years and was U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018-2021. He personally prosecuted hundreds of … Staff College. Garrison graduated from Drury University with a bachelor of arts, magna cum laude , in political …

… defending churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a … of Mike’s clients, the students. He was local counsel with his son, Jonathan, also an attorney, in Trinity Lutheran … Christian school. He has served as general counsel for the Missouri Baptist Convention and recently won three cases …

… Pope was an associate at a large law firm in Kansas City, Missouri. In that role, she represented major pharmaceutical … Pope served as a law clerk for Judge Eric E. Murphy on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She graduated … and earned her undergraduate degree in biology and French with highest distinction from the University of Kansas. Pope …

… Zack Pruitt serves as senior counsel and director of U.S. government relations at Alliance Defending Freedom. In … As a principal strategist, Pruitt oversees the federal and state government relations teams and provides legal counsel … Rapids, Michigan, and managed a state Senate campaign in Missouri. Pruitt earned his Juris Doctor with a certificate …

… in important roles in 52 victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, including Trinity Lutheran Church of … He has helped fashion the language for numerous state and federal laws and has testified before committees of … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… Kevin Theriot serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of … states of Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, Kansas, and Arizona. He is also a member of the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal district and …

… D.C. Hawley has litigated extensively before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as numerous federal courts of appeals and state courts of last resort. She also worked at the … as an associate professor of law at the University of Missouri where she taught constitutional litigation, federal …

… A. Cortman serves as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been … hundreds of constitutional law cases in federal and state court. He has argued in the U.S. Supreme Court in … Church v. Comer , securing a 7-2 victory that overturned Missouri’s denial of a religious school’s participation in a …

… the Texas attorney general. In those roles, he oversaw the state’s Special Litigation Unit, which handled critical … to that, he served as deputy for civil litigation for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, overseeing the state’s … in Texas, California (inactive), Missouri (inactive), the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous federal district and …