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… Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as longtime leader of the … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that includes training, …

… Hirsch serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Christian Ministries. Hirsch primarily … of the Arizona Supreme Court. She then joined ADF as a litigation fellow for the Life and Legislative teams. … the University of Virginia School of Law in 2019. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow and a member of the state bar of …

… Tasy Media Relations Manager Bernadette Tasy serves as a Media Relations Manager at Alliance Defending Freedom, focusing on issues concerning the sanctity of life … efforts at the local, state, and national levels. In 2017, with the help of ADF, Bernadette took legal action …

… CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner leads the faith-based legal … Supreme Court in December 2022. Internationally, ADF has a strong track record of success at the European Court of … 16 years. At ELM, she served as counsel in hundreds of matters including constitutional cases such as Stormans v. …

… counsel for regulatory litigation at Alliance Defending Freedom. Over the last decade, she has been on the front … as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state … Before entering government service in 2013, Blake was a litigation associate at Baker Botts L.L.P., where she …

… Sharp serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for … Advocacy and focuses on state and local legislative matters. Since joining ADF in 2010, Sharp has authored … clubs, invite classmates to church, and even perform a religious song at a school talent show. He authored an …

… David A. Cortman Senior Counsel, Vice President of U.S. Litigation … vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and …

… Dalton serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role at the Center for Academic Freedom representing … of Arizona’s interests in multiple complex constitutional matters. Dalton earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude , from …

… Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, she defends the … worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy attorney general for five years. While at the AG’s … cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2017, where she served as an editor on the Indiana Law …

… and special counsel to the president at Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees ADF’s regulatory practice, government … During his time in government service, Bangert handled a diverse array of matters involving Big Tech, election law, civil rights, …