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… Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom of Christians to freely exercise their faith in the marketplace without … French , Warner successfully represented a Christian high school student on appeal at the Second Circuit, where the …

… university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge … on private worship services after hours in vacant public school buildings in the long-running  Bronx Household of …  at the New Mexico Supreme Court. Lorence has worked on ADF’s Supreme Court cases, such as  NIFLA  (2018),  …

… of strategic communications plans for the expansion of ADF’s mission into state legal advocacy efforts, … Watts represents ADF at external events, conferences, press conferences, and in the media. Watts also develops … crisis communications processes and plans. Prior to joining ADF, Watts spent nearly 20 years in various roles …

… M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at … Kilmartin also directs the Grants & Funding Program which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 million in grant funds to thousands of legal projects and cases, many of which have …

… he engages with thought leaders around the world; designs ADF’s academic initiatives, including symposiums and the … and The University of Chicago before returning home to Texas to earn his law degree at The University of Texas School of Law. Graham is the first person in his family to go …

… Initiatives at Alliance Defending Freedom. Prior to joining ADF, Beecher was the director of student programs at the … a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Notre Dame Law School and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from …

… had the 3rd highest success rate for persuading justices to adopt his legal position. Bursch served as solicitor … companies, foreign and domestic governments, top public officials, and industry associations in high-profile cases, … cum laude in 1997 from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as Chief Note & Comment Editor for …

… Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients of all stripes at the appellate level, preserving lower-court victories and seeking to overturn unjust results. Among other clients, he has … manager, female track-and-field athletes, and a high-school French teacher. Schandevel also was on the team of …

… Blackstone Alumni Services Team. She previously served at ADF as a first-year lawyer fellow on the Life Team. Prior to joining ADF, Kisley clerked for the Honorable Eric E. … She earned her J.D., magna cum laude , from Notre Dame Law School in 2018. During her time at Notre Dame, Kisley served …

… solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of … where she served as volunteer amicus counsel in several ADF cases, including Town of Greece v. Galloway . Following law school, she served as a law clerk for Judge Paul J. Kelly, …