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Abigail Bongiorno serves as legal counsel with the Church and Ministry Alliance at Alliance Defending Freedom. Bongiorno practices First Amendment law, primarily advising Church and Ministry Alliance members to best protect their religious liberty rights. Prior to joining ADF, Bongiorno worked for Thomas More Society, where she assisted in upholding the First Amendment rights of pro-life organizations and advocates. Bongiorno earned her J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law and obtained her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science and Spanish from Eastern Michigan University. She is a 2017 ...

… serves as legal counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Public Policy. Her work focuses on protecting … Erica clerked on the Florida Supreme Court and Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal. She also served as a … prosecutor in the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office. Erica earned a Juris Doctor in 2015 from the …

… in 2006. After law school, he clerked for judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. …

… of strategic communications plans for the expansion of ADF’s mission into state legal advocacy efforts, collaborating … editorials, and research materials—that translate ADF’s objectives, organizational vision, and issue advocacy into … He held campaign and official staff positions for U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling, U.S. Senator John Cornyn and …

… she clerked for the Honorable L. Steven Grasz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Rechtenbach was …

… to joining ADF, Lippelmann worked as an attorney for the U.S. Postal Service in Washington, D.C., where he focused on … Law Journal and was a research assistant for the school’s legal research and writing program. He obtained a B.A. in …

… collaboration, Chandler helps lead the organization’s Church & Ministry Alliance, a unique program with over … of the ADF Summit on Religious Liberty, the organization’s flagship program that convenes leaders in law, government, … several years of his career at ADF working with the U.S. legal division, including overseeing an ADF regional …

… Defending Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads ADF’s efforts to combat corporate cancel culture and build a … Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued Phillips’ case at the Colorado … Appeals. He was also the lead brief writer in two other U.S. Supreme Court wins,  Reed v. Town of Gilbert  and  Arizona …

… states in an unclaimed-property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Prior to his …

… at Alliance Defending Freedom. In his role, he designs ADF’s academic initiatives and professional-development programs, … Star” multiple times. He earned his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude at Southern Methodist University … Phi Beta Kappa and the Hyer Society. He then earned master’s degrees at Oxford University, where he was a member of …