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… 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 … . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner successfully represented a Christian …

… Neal Hardin serves as Web Manager & Writer for Alliance Defending Freedom in the organization's Scottsdale, Arizona, office. He holds a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from the … Advocates for Faith and Freedom, and his personal blog, the Religion and Politics Blog . … Neal Hardin … Web …

… 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 … Before entering government service in 2013, Blake was a litigation associate at Baker Botts L.L.P., where she …

… 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, … also funded more than 3,000 grants and legal projects for allied lawyers and organizations. Beginning with the …

… counsel with Alliance 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 …

… engagement with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role with the Strategic Relations and Training Team. …  (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 …

… 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 … Fellowship in 2017.  Prior to law school, Barnett earned a Bachelor of Arts in both history and political science from …

… multinational precedents. From 2018 to 2021, Kilmartin was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump … and as chief of staff and then deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy. She also had a detail to the Executive Office of the President at the …

… counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Before joining ADF, Vrdolyak … from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the state bar of …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and … of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s … Jan, have three children and eleven grandchildren and make their home in Lee’s Summit, MO. Mike has been ordained …