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… with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he was a member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Schmitt advanced … to joining ADF, Schmitt clerked for the Honorable Michael S. Kanne on the United States Court of Appeals for the … Schmitt received his law degree magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2017. …

… Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as … Defending Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF … of Ronald Reagan and G.H.W. Bush, he worked for the Department of Justice under Attorneys General William French …

… for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Since joining ADF in … appeals before both state appellate courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals. He was a key member of ADF’s litigation … joining ADF. Galus received his J.D., cum laude, in 2009 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he …

… Tim Chandler serves as senior counsel and vice president of Church & Ministry Alliance engagement and strategic … Church & Ministry Alliance, a unique program with over 4,000 members that equips and engages like-minded, … B.S. in Business Administration summa cum laude in 2001 from Biola University, where he also graduated from the …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark …

… Chairman Terry Schlossberg served as executive director of Presbyterians Pro-Life for eighteen years and then as … to Defeat Amendment B, the attempt to remove language from the church's constitution requiring fidelity in marriage or chastity in …

… Ryan Tucker Senior Counsel, Director of the Center for Christian Ministries Ryan Tucker serves as … both state and federal, with a particular focus on commercial and complex business disputes. Tucker earned … Texas and Arizona, Tucker is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal district and appellate …

Michael Farris, Jr., serves as Legal Content Manager for Alliance Defending Freedom and is a Virginia-born Mountain West lover who is currently bogged down in the Deep South.

… serves as legal counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team, where he represents various ADF … R. Thapar and the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and for the … for the District of Columbia. Barnett earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where …

… Analyst at Alliance Defending Freedom with a focus on parental rights and advocacy strategy. She joined ADF in … for influencing culture to preserve the fundamental rights of parents to guide and educate their children in accordance … and also as an associate attorney at Smith & Pugh, PLC. From 2019 to 2021, she was an active and outspoken parent …