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… 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 … the organization in 2001, Lorence was a productive allied attorney for many years, actively involved in significant …

… of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s … the Supreme Court in Carson v. Makin , and SCOTUS ruled 6-3 in favor of Christian parents in Maine who sought equal … one of the first allied attorneys with ADF and served for 25 years on the Grant Review Committee, before joining the …

… as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious …

… Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer, Conestoga Wood … litigated cases at all levels of federal and state courts, argued two cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals, and filed a … as a Blackstone Fellow in 2005 after an internship with the Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law and …

… Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team … in 50 cases nationwide. The ministry also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the launch of ADF in 1994, Sears provided strategic …

… 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 appeals, including before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth …

… engagement teams. He also advises executive leadership with strategic initiatives and appears as counsel for ADF … joining ADF, Bangert served as deputy first assistant attorney general and deputy for legal counsel in the office … and served as amicus counsel in numerous cases, including Trinity Lutheran v. Comer and Salazar v. Buono , receiving …

… Roger G. Brooks serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of … with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore for 25 years, 19 of those as a partner in the litigation department. In 2017, he took early retirement from Cravath in order to …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom … J. Howard in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Before that, he engaged in private practice with the firm of Perry, Perry, & Perry, in Kinston, North …

… Advocacy Team, where he represents various ADF clients before appellate courts across the country. Before joining … and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the Honorable … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …