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… with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Mr. Brooks focuses his efforts on protecting freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and parental rights, … school policies that usurp the right of parents to direct life-critical therapeutic choices for their own children; and …

… Emilie Kao serves as senior counsel and vice president of advocacy strategy for Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the U.S. Legal Team. In this role, she supports ADF’s … provided strategy, research, and policy recommendations on life, marriage, and religious freedom consistent with …

… where she assisted in upholding the First Amendment rights of pro-life organizations and advocates. Bongiorno earned her J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law and obtained her B.A., summa cum laude , in …

… Center for Public Policy. Her work focuses on protecting life from conception to natural death. Before joining ADF, … Florida Supreme Court and Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal. She also served as a criminal prosecutor in the … Doctor in 2015 from the Florida State University College of Law where she served as managing editor of the Law Review …

… served at ADF as a first-year lawyer fellow on the Life Team. Prior to joining ADF, Kisley clerked for the Honorable Eric E. Murphy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for the Honorable … III on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude , from …

… 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 represented … the U.S. Supreme Court, and defending Arkansas’s pro-life laws before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth …

… As the CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner leads the … She is a sought-after speaker on legal and cultural issues and regularly comments on religious freedom issues in television, radio, and print media. … Kristen …

… Brett Harvey serves as senior counsel and vice president of client and alliance engagement with Alliance Defending … on recruitment, professional engagement, and integration of allies into ADF’s advocacy efforts, including coordinating … of state and federal courts, focusing on the protection of life and religious freedom. Most notably, he successfully …

… Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the rights of students, professors, and organizations to speak, … reform efforts and worked to approve legislation on many issues including education, foster care, and protecting the unborn. Spena graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016, where he served as an …

… clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional government censorship. In this role, he … lead counsel in cases such as  Queens College Students for Life v. City University of New York Board of Trustees , Ratio Christi v. University …