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… Farris Former President & CEO Michael Farris joined ADF in 2017 Michael Farris is the former President & CEO of Alliance … capacity, he has argued before the appellate courts of 13 states, eight federal circuit courts of appeal, and the … he successfully argued NIFLA v. Becerra , resulting in a free speech victory for California’s pro-life pregnancy …

… Neal Hardin Web Manager & Writer Neal Hardin serves as Web Manager & Writer for Alliance Defending Freedom in the … Advocates for Faith and Freedom, and his personal blog, the Religion and Politics Blog . … Neal Hardin serves as Web Manager & Writer for …

Nathan Cherry graduated from Liberty University with an associates degree in Biblical Studies, and earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Trinity Theological Seminary.

… Senior Vice President of Communications Greg Scott serves as senior vice president of communications for Alliance … visual, digital, and constituent communications.  Prior to rejoining ADF in 2021, Scott served as director of media … in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. From 2004 to 2017, Scott served ADF in a variety of media and …

… of litigation, with a primary focus on religious liberty, free speech, student privacy, conscience rights of creative … university’s requirement that forced unwilling students to contribute to campus activist groups. He led the challenge …  (2018),  Masterpiece Cakeshop (2018),  Trinity Lutheran  (2017),  Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood  (2015), as well as other …

… Campaigns and Initiatives Director Jay Hobbs serves as Strategic Campaigns and Initiatives Director at Alliance … for ADF’s Viewpoint Diversity Score initiative. Prior to joining ADF in 2018, Jay worked at Heartbeat … Times, and The Washington Examiner, and he has contributed to pieces at The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, …

… focuses his efforts on protecting freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and parental rights, and defending … defending the right of Christian adoption agencies to operate in accordance with the teachings of their faith; … 19 of those as a partner in the litigation department. In 2017, he took early retirement from Cravath in order to …

… of Allied Legal Affairs Alison (Ali) M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and vice president of Allied Legal Affairs … leads the Allied Legal Affairs team, which is dedicated to recruiting, engaging with, and strategically deploying … mission to protect and promote life, religious liberty, free speech, marriage and family, and parental rights. …

… 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 … of parents to home-school their children, including the In Re Rachel L. case in California; vindicating the rights of …

… Julie Blake Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake serves as senior counsel for regulatory litigation at Alliance … as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the state of …