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… legal solutions and corporate engagement strategies to neutralize mounting corporate hostility to people of faith and to encourage corporations to respect free speech, religious freedom, and life. Ross previously served …

… Defending Freedom where he safeguards parents’ rights to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their … children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy solicitor general. There he … class. He is a 2012 Blackstone Fellow. Immediately after law school, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Ed Carnes …

… (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000) and continues to serve as chairman of the board of HSLDA and chancellor … emeritus of PHC. He graduated from Western Washington State College magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in … he successfully argued NIFLA v. Becerra , resulting in a free speech victory for California’s pro-life pregnancy …

… Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Special Counsel to the President Ryan Bangert serves as senior vice president … the Texas attorney general. In those roles, he oversaw the state’s Special Litigation Unit, which handled critical … Award in recognition of his outstanding commitment to pro bono service. Bangert earned his J.D. from Southern …

… He most recently joined ADF in December 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee in … courts, a case where the Supreme Court later protected the free speech of pro-life pregnancy centers. In 2012 Bowman obtained …

… for religious freedom, freedom of conscience and a free marketplace of ideas. She is passionate about protecting the ability of citizens to fulfill their callings by protecting conscience rights for … worked in higher education administration for Arkansas State University-Beebe, where she worked in federal and state …

… and Scholarship. In this role, Shafer devotes his efforts to strategic research and innovation. Since joining ADF in 2005, he has litigated religious liberty and free speech cases at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Early in his legal …

… . He has litigated cases at all levels of federal and state courts, argued two cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals, … filed a wide array of amicus briefs on religious freedom, free speech, and life issues. Before joining ADF, Gray … bars of Georgia, Arizona, and Virginia, Gray is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 11 U.S. Courts of …

… level, preserving lower-court victories and seeking to overturn unjust results. Among other clients, he has … represents clients in friend-of-the-court briefs filed in state and federal appellate courts and in the U.S. Supreme … and was commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2010 after an internship with ADF’s Center for Life. Schandevel …

… Life and leads her team’s litigation and advocacy efforts to defend pro-life laws around the nation. She also works … U.S. Supreme Court in NIFLA v. Becerra , resulting in a free-speech victory for pro-life pregnancy centers. She was … and interdisciplinary social science from Florida State University, a master’s degree in political science from …