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… relating to human rights, Catholic social teaching, and civic engagement. Beecher has also served as a civil rights … Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Her responsibilities included engaging with … discrimination claims, providing training to students in the medical field on legal protections for conscience and …

… professors. Lorence argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting  Southworth v. Board of Regents of … He led the challenge to New York City’s ban on private worship services after hours in vacant public school buildings in the …

… Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed … Church of Columbia v. Comer in the 2016-2017 term , Town of Greece v. Galloway and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. … The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Associated Press, The Washington Times , The Seattle Post-Intelligencer …

… supervises attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious freedom, free … in a state funding program. Cortman also argued Reed v. Town of Gilbert , securing a 9-0 ruling that prohibits the … hostility toward religious beliefs about marriage; and Town of Greece v. Galloway , successfully defending the …

… precedent-setting cases challenging federal overreach in courts across the country. Blake served as deputy … general for the state of West Virginia from 2013 to 2017. In these roles, she argued 26 federal and state appeals, … volunteer amicus counsel in several ADF cases, including Town of Greece v. Galloway . Following law school, she served …

… which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 million in grant funds to thousands of legal projects and cases, many … 2021, Kilmartin was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump Administration, serving the U.S. Department of Labor as deputy chief of staff in the Office of the Secretary, and as chief of staff and …

… on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients primarily at the … litigated at the U.S. Supreme Court: Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil … Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, and Reed v. Town of Gilbert . He has litigated cases at all levels of …

… Logan Spena serves as legal counsel for the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom, … professors, and organizations 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 …

… of corporate engagement for Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads ADF’s efforts to combat corporate … writer in two other U.S. Supreme Court wins,  Reed v. Town of Gilbert  and  Arizona Christian School Tuition … federal appellate courts and founded and directed the ADF Center for Conscience Initiatives, where he led efforts to …

… Rechtenbach was also commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in 2019. Additionally, she has published two law review … More Than Mere “Constitutional Window Dressing”: Why the Press Clause Should Protect a Limited Right to Gather Information in the Nebraska Law Review and Personal Foul—Encroachment: …