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… Defending Freedom. Before joining ADF, Gilio contributed to the litigation efforts of numerous public interest law … The Heritage Foundation and The Fund for American Studies. In 2021, the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional … of Law in 2021 and cum laude from Hillsdale College in 2018. As a law student, Gilio was a member of several …

… ADF as a first-year lawyer fellow on the Life Team. Prior to joining ADF, Kisley clerked for the Honorable Eric E. … her J.D., magna cum laude , from Notre Dame Law School in 2018. During her time at Notre Dame, Kisley served as …

… for ADF’s Viewpoint Diversity Score initiative. Prior to joining ADF in 2018, Jay worked at Heartbeat International. There, he …

… regularly provides testimony and legal analysis on how proposed legislation will impact constitutional freedoms, … organizations on the importance of laws and policies that protect First Amendment rights. He has twice testified before … speech. He has won cases upholding the rights of students to form religious clubs, invite classmates to church, and …

… Freedom’s Center for Parental Rights.  Before joining ADF in 2024, Sterett was a partner at the law firm of Dalton & … and partner at Mauck & Baker, LLC in Chicago from 2007 to 2018. While at Mauck & Baker, Sterett became an ADF allied …

… his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2018. He graduated summa cum laude and served as an editor … University with a Bachelor of Science with honors in chemistry and a double major in government. … Mathew …

… LLP, representing clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies, including support for ADF’s litigation in College of the Ozarks v. Biden . Garrison was a federal … U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018-2021. He personally prosecuted hundreds of cases …

… Don Ziel serves as vice president of the Church and Ministry Alliance and assistant general counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he serves as counsel to ADF as it carries out its organizational mission and leads …

… Center for Academic Freedom representing clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional government censorship. In this role, he has served as lead counsel in cases such as  … co-author of Kendall-Hunt’s textbook, Moot Court: Making Your Case and Pleasing the Court . Dalton has appeared on …

… over a decade of experience working with the public sector to grow, equip, and engage a broad alliance committed to … general, state legislators, and policy organizations on how to protect First Amendment freedoms, the sanctity of life, and …