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… Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Mr. Brooks focuses his efforts on … 19 of those as a partner in the litigation department. In 2017, he took early retirement from Cravath in order to … freedom. He successfully defended pregnancy centers against intrusive investigations by the attorney general of …

… Ryan Tucker Senior Counsel, Director of the Center for Christian Ministries Ryan Tucker serves as senior counsel … under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business owners against policies that would force them to compromise their …

… Defending Freedom, where he was a member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Schmitt advanced litigation efforts … laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2017. During law school, Paul externed with the Illinois … Court and the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Family. He also completed the ADF leadership development …

… Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake serves as senior counsel for regulatory litigation at Alliance Defending Freedom. Over … as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of West Virginia from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, she argued 26 federal and state …

… in 2016. She joined the Alliance Defending Freedom team in 2017 as Development Administrative Assistant. She enjoys … her winter outdoor adventures in Arizona to friends and family in Minnesota, but still loves visiting for a white Christmas. … Elise Gillson graduated from St. …

… as senior counsel and director of strategic engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other … and  Witters v. Washington State Department of Services for the Blind  (1985). Lorence has made media appearances on …

… Warner Senior Counsel Jake Warner serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom … that stopped state officials from discriminating against a student based on her religious status. This ruling …

… Bowman Senior Counsel Matt Bowman serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he focuses on the … law on religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and family. He most recently joined ADF in December 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee …

… Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …  He completed ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship in 2017.  Prior to law school, Barnett earned a Bachelor of Arts …

… dignity of all people throughout the U.S. and around the world. Waggoner oversees the efforts of more than 400 ADF … of imprisoned Christians around the world. After clerking with Washington Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Sanders, … Seattle law firm Ellis, Li & McKinstry, where she served for over 16 years. At ELM, she served as counsel in hundreds …