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… ADF Church & Ministry Alliance ADF Church Alliance is a legal membership program that exists to help best prepare and protect churches in the U.S. by providing affordable, religious liberty legal services. …

… David A. Cortman Senior Counsel, Vice President of U.S. Litigation David A. Cortman serves as senior counsel and … Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer , securing a 7-2 victory that overturned Missouri’s denial of a religious school’s participation in a …

… serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life, where he litigates across the spectrum of … to Fortune 500 companies, including support for ADF’s litigation in College of the Ozarks v. Biden . Garrison … 14 years and was U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018-2021. He personally prosecuted hundreds of …

… churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike was co-counsel in a landmark … Christian school. He has served as general counsel for the Missouri Baptist Convention and recently won three cases … Williams. Mike was one of the first allied attorneys with ADF and served for 25 years on the Grant Review Committee, …

… the president at Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees ADF’s regulatory practice, government relations, and corporate … to that, he served as deputy for civil litigation for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, overseeing the state’s …

… centers from being forced to refer for abortion. In Women’s Health Link v. City of Ft. Wayne, Ind. , Theriot defended … forum in city buses. He was also one of several ADF attorneys who assisted Mississippi’s legal team with … states of Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, Kansas, and Arizona. He is also a member of the …

… to speak, associate, and worship freely. Before joining ADF, Spena served as Deputy Policy Director in the Missouri governor’s office where he oversaw the state’s regulatory reform …

… at Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, he promotes ADF’s policy and legislative work at the federal level on behalf … Rapids, Michigan, and managed a state Senate campaign in Missouri. Pruitt earned his Juris Doctor with a certificate …

… Defending Freedom. In this role, McCutcheon advises ADF and its subsidiaries on a broad range of issues, … religious schools, and other ministries belonging to ADF’s Church and Ministry Alliance. McCutcheon began his legal … in 2014. He is a member of the state bar of Arizona and Missouri. McCutcheon joined ADF to ensure people may continue …

… practice at Alliance Defending Freedom. Before joining ADF, Hawley practiced appellate law at Kirkland and Ellis … D.C. Hawley has litigated extensively before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as numerous federal courts of … as an associate professor of law at the University of Missouri. Her scholarship focuses primarily on federal courts …